The Green Tree Mine is a gemstone mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Green Tree Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Green Tree Mine
Secondary: Cold Day Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gemstone
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Postmineral Faults.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Location): CHOSE A POINT IN NW 1/4; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = AUSTIN (1956) 1:625000
Comment (Production): BETWEEN $5,000 TO $100,000 WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): RETICULATE VEIN PATTERN WITH IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS GENERALLY LESS THAN 100 FT LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.889
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.
