The Monte Cristo Tunnel is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,450 feet.
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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: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.18306, -117.70167
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Monte Cristo Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monte Cristo Tunnel
Secondary: Tom Crown Lease, Homestake Claim
Secondary: Goldenberg Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Gilbert District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Monte Cristo Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,000 FEET LONG TOM CROWN TUNNEL, THE 500 FT GOLDENBERG TUNNEL, AND THE MONTE CRISTO TUNNEL.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.
Comment (Production): ONE SMALL SHIPMENT WAS MADE FROM THE MONTE CRISTO TUNNEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, THE GILBERT DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 795-F, P. 142-143
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.
