The Gila Monster Mine is a mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.24139, -117.28361
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Gila Monster Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gila Monster Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tokop 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
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Workings
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Ownership
Owner Name: Butte Gold Mining And Reduction Co.
Years: 1907 -
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
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: Gold Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 400 FT TUNNEL, A 100 FT SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1907, PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA: USGS BULL. 303, P. 83
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.