The Trappmans Camp is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.51639, -116.66889
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Trappmans Camp MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trappmans Camp
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Trappmans District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
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: Cactus Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): RATIO OF GOLD TO SILVER IS 1:4.
Comment (Deposit): THREE PERIODS OF VEIN FORMATION
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, ONE 50 FT DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISANCE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 308, P. 138-139.
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1906, NOTES ON THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA IN EMMONS, S.F., AND ECKEL, E.C., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1905: USGS BULL. 285, P. 68-69
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.
