The Sterlog Group is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.54139, -117.04389
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Sterlog Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sterlog Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Stonewall District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Stonewall Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Stonewall Spring Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 240 FT SHAFT, A ONE MILE ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 183.
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 308, P. 88-89.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCE OF NYE CO.: NBMG, BULL. 50, P. 165-166.
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO., NEVADA: NBMG, BULL. 77, P. 40-41.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
