The Austin Handpan Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Austin Handpan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Austin Handpan Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River 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
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Proustite
Gangue: Psilomelane
Gangue: Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED BETWEEN $5,000 TO $100,000.
Comment (Location): CHOSE A SHAFT IN W 1/2
Comment (Deposit): LOCALLY THE VEIN PATTERN IS RETICULATE, WITH SMALL, IRREGULARLY SPACED ORE SHOOTS THAT MAY BE AS MUCH AS 5 FT THICK.
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): POSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.
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.
