The Macnamara Mine is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 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: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.53111, -117.59194
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Macnamara Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Macnamara Mine
Secondary: Bullion Claim
Secondary: Mammoth Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Palmetto District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Silver Peak Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE BEST ORE YIELDED $2 AU, 80 OZ AG, AND SOME LEAD.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT SHAFT, THREE ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUAD., NEV.: USGS PP 55, P. 93-94
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.
