The Francis Mine is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.72, -117.81778
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Francis Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Francis Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Red Mountain 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Natural Soda Products Co.
Home Office: Bishop, Calif.
Years: 1923 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
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
Type: L
Description: Northeast Fault Dipping 63 Nw.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT WAS PRODUCED IN 1922.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 60
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.
