The Raleigh is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Raleigh MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Raleigh
Secondary: Gylding
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Fountry Rocks Have Been Argillized While Closer To The Granodiorite Stock They Have Been Pyrometasomatized.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED SOME COPPER, AS WELL.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, INCLINED SHAFT, DRIFT, STOPE, WINZE
Comment (Geology): AT THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY THERE ARE 3 NW VINES, THE MIDDLE AND WESTERLY ONE JUNCTION NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY. THIS WEST VEIN IS THE LITTLE GEM VEIN, AND A. E. RALEIGH CLAIMED THAT THE ORE CHUTE RAKES FROM THE LITTLE GEM INTO THE GYLDING CLAIM (CARPOR, 1920). THE DEPOSIT IS ADJACENT TO THE NORTH CONTACT OF THE OLIGOCENE TENABO STOCK WHERE IT INTRUDES THE PALEOZOIC ROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): THE RALEIGH CLAIMS ADJOIN THE GOLD QUARTZ GROUP ON THE NORTH. A SHAFT WAS SUNK ON THE RHYOLITE DIKE, AND AN INCLINED SHAFT AND DRIFT EXPLORED A FAULT ZONE WHICH DIPS 30 DEGREES NW. THE 4 TO 5 FOOT WIDE GOUGE CONE WAS MINED FROMA STOPE AND A WINZE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO, NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88
Reference (Deposit): HUMPHREY, F. L. (1945) RECONNAISSANCE OF A. E. RALEIGH'S CLAIMS, TENABO, NEV. N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE 151
Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A. F. (1920) REPORT ON GYLDING PROPERTY, LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE 151
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.
