The Mohawk Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.71611, -117.21889
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Mohawk Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mohawk Mine
Secondary: Mohawk Shaft
Secondary: Frances-Mohawk Shaft
Secondary: Upper Curtis Shaft
Secondary: Truett Shaft
Secondary: Mohawk No. 1 Shaft
Secondary: Hayes-Monnette No. 1 and No. 2 Shafts
Secondary: Mackenzie Shaft
Secondary: Oddie Shaft
Secondary: Begole Shaft
Secondary: Kalfus Shaft
Secondary: Curtis No. 1 Shaft
Secondary: Mcnaughton Shaft
Secondary: Rickard No. 1 and No. 2 Shaft
Secondary: Incline Shaft
Secondary: Mohawk No. 2 Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co..
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Discovery Year: 1906
Discovery Method: Other
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Goldfield Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1933-ASSAYS OF RICH ORE GAVE 541 OZ/TON AU, 0.25% AG, 2.42% TE, 0.35% BI.
Materials
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Famatinite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Development): ORE WAS DISCOVERED AT A DEPTH OF 250 FT.
Comment (Production): AN ADDITIONAL $3,910,430 NET WAS PRODUCED BY LESSEES FROM 1906-1907, THE TONNAGE IS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TOTAL OF 3,140 FT OF SHAFTS, 2,170 FEET OF DRIFTS, 3,715 FEET OF CROSSCUTS, 1,565 FEET OF RAISES, AND 465 FEET OF WINZES.
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: USGS PP 66, P. 204-209.
Reference (Deposit): MOUNT, PRISCILLA, 1964, BISMUTH IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 65, P. 78.
Reference (Production): RANSOME, 1909, P. 204.
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.
