Gamble Lode

The Gamble Lode is a tin mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Gamble Lode
Secondary: Izenhood Ranch

Commodity

Primary: Tin
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Izenhood

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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Rhyolite-hosted Sn

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, LENSES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Or Bleached Silicified Rhyolite

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Sanidine
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Tridymite

Comments

Comment (Geology): THE TIN DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF CASSITERITE-SPECULARITE BEARING QUARTZ VEINLETS, LENSES AND OPEN INCRUSTATIONS ON THE WALLS OF CROSS AND PARALLEL FISSURES IN RHYOLITE ALONG AN EAST TRENDING BELT 2 MILES LONG AND 1/2 MILE WIDE. THE VEINLETS RANGE FROM LESS THAN ON INCH TO 18" WIDE AND ARE ERATIC IN STRIKE AND DIP.

Comment (Deposit): SEVEL PITS SE CORNER 28, SHAFT & PITS IN N 1/2 OF SE 1/4 26

Comment (Development): TIN DISCOVERED IN THE DISTRICT IN 1914

Comment (Deposit): CASSITERITE-AND SPECULARITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINLETS, LENSES AND OPEN ENCRUSTATIONS ON FISSURE WALLS IN RHYOLITE

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS, SHAFTS

References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER N.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO, N.B.M. BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO 305, REF NO. 3201500133, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 72.100

Reference (Deposit): FRIES C. (1941) TIN DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN LANDER CO., NEV., USGS BULL 931-L

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.