Noble Mine

The Noble Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Noble Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Scossa District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Noble, George
Years: 1930 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1931
Discovery Year: 1931
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Ne-Sw Fracture Zones

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Electrum
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): 600 FT. E OF SCOSSA VEIN; UTM APPROXIMATE

Comment (Production): 150 TONS ORE EXTRACTED IN 1931

Comment (Development): INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984

Comment (Workings): SURFACE CUTS, SHAFT

Comment (Geology): HIGH GRADE GOLD ORE WAS FOUND IN THE NOBLE VEIN AT A POINT WHERE IT CROSSES THE SCOSSADIKE, HOWEVER THE ORE IS SPORADICALLY DISTRIBUTED IN SMALL POCKETS IN THE VICINITY OF TWO CROSS FRACTURES WHICH MADE A JUNCTION WITH THE VEIN AT THIS POINT.

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ON THE PARALLEL VEIN EAST OF THE SCOSSA VEIN. DEVELOPED BY A 150 FT.SHAFT, SUNK IN 1931, AND SOME SURFACE CUTS, BY GEORGE NOBLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G.,1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL,89

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA;USBM 1C 6902

Reference (Deposit): JONES ET AL, 1931, PRELIMINIARY SURVEY OF THE SCOSSA MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL.25 NO.4

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 3 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 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.