The Aretic Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Aretic Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aretic Mine
Secondary: Gold Park Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson 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
Not available
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: Window In Tertiary Volcanic Rocks
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): ABOUT $5000 WAS PRODUCED THROUGH 1969.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Geology): THE QUARTZ VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 6 FEET AND GENERALLY STRIKE NORTHEAST AND DIP STEEPLY SOUTHESST. THE VEINS CUT META-ANDESITE. THE OXIDE ZONE EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF 250 FT.
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE IS PART OF THE GOLD PARK GROUP OF CLAIMS, WHICH THE NEVADA MINING CO. ACQUIRED IN 1893. A STAMP MILL WAS BUILT. THE ARCTIC MINE IS DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT, TWO ADITS, AND NUMEROUS SMALL STOPES ALONG A QUARTZ VEIN. THERE ARE 200 FT OF DRIFTS AT THE 200-FT LEVEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): AN INCLINED SHAFT, TWO ADITS, AND NUMEROUS SMALL STOPES; WITH 200 FT OF DRIFTS AT THE 200-FT LEVEL
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): YORK, BERNARD, 1936, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD PARK MINES, NBMG FILES
Reference (Deposit): NASH, A.D., 1930, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD PARK MINE, NBMG FILES
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.
