Raleigh

The Raleigh is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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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.