The Triumph is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Triumph MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Triumph
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1908
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Type: L
Description: Paleozoic Section Cut By Numerous Intricate Thrusts
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NARROW VEIN CONTAINING OXIDIZED GOLD AND SILVER CUTS SILICEOUS SHALES
Comment (Workings): 40-FT INCLINE, SHORT CROSSCUT
Comment (Geology): A NARROW VEIN CARRYING OXIDIZED GOLD AND SILVER ORE CUTS ACROSS SILICEOUS SHALES. THE 1 TO 3 FOOT WIDE VEIN STRIKES N 60 DEG W, DIPS 45 DEG SW.
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF A 40 FOOT INCLINE, AND SHORT CROSSCUT. IN 1908 18 TONS OF ORE YIELDED $60 A TON IN AG, PB, AND AU. THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE SILVER SIDE CLAIM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 110, REFERENCE NO. 3201500165
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H., (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS, USGS BULL 408
Reference (Deposit): WRUCKE, C.T., (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER-CO, NEV. USGS MAP-647
Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., 1977.
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.
