The Omco Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.60806, -117.89250
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Omco Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Omco Mine
Secondary: Olympic Mine
Secondary: Olympic Mines Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bell 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Olympic Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1921
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Cedar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Contact Fault, West Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE ORE PRODUCED AVERAGED $16 TO $20 PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): THE GOLD CAN NOT BE SEEN BY AN UNAIDED EYE.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 225 FT LONG SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1922, ORE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RANSOME, F.L. AND BURCHARD, E.F., EDS., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1921: USGS BULL. 725, P. 377-382
Reference (Production): KNOPF, 1922, P. 381
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.
