The Mint Mine is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Mint Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mint Mine
Secondary: Burner Hill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Burner Hills
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): FIRST OPERATED IN 1880'S SUSPENDED IN 1893; SOME EXPLORATION WAS DONE IN 1960'S -EARLY 1970'S
Comment (Deposit): VEIN; BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE; SULFIDES RE-CEMENTED WITH LATER QUARTZ
Comment (Geology): VEIN BRECCIATED, SULFIDE RECEMENTED WITH LATER QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): FIRST OPERATED IN 1880'S, WORK SUSPENDED IN 1893, SOME EXPLORATION WORK DONE IN 1960'S-EARLY 1970'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): $30,000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION IN 1880'S-1893.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H.,(1910) SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, COMFER, EUREKA CO., NV., USGS BULL 408
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE. M.(1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEVADA, U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A., & COATS, R.C., (1976) PRELIM. GEOL. MAP ELKO CO., U.S.G.S. OPEN FILEMAP 76-77
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.
