The Greenah Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Greenah Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Greenah Mine
Secondary: Lemaire Mine
Secondary: Gweenah Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Skookum District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE VALUED AT $118/TON, WITH SILVER ASSAYED AT 155 OZ/TON AND GOLD AT .14 OZ/TON
Materials
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): BETWEEN $5,000 TO $100,000 PRODUCED TO 1969
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS A FEW INCHES TO 4 FEET THICK. THE ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS, THE LARGEST OF WHICH WAS ABOUT 100 FEET LONG, FROM 2 TO 3 FEET THICK, AND EXTENDED DOWNDIP ABOUT 60 FEET.
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT ABOUT 150 FEET DEEP WITH ABOUT 400 FEET OF DRIFTS ON TWO LEVELS. THE VEIN HAS BEEN MINED FOR ABOUT 300 FEET ALONG STRIKE, AND ABOUT 150 FEET DOWNDIP. THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE 1935.
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7043.
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.
