Yankee Blade Claims

The Yankee Blade Claims is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Yankee Blade Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 39.54556, -117.04778

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Yankee Blade Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Yankee Blade Claims


Commodity

Primary: Silver
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

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures, Postmineral Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYED AT $3220.47 IN 1864


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Geology): THE OXIDIZED ORE EXTENDED TO 50 TO 100 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE. MANY VEINS WERE BARREN NEAR THE SURFACE.

Comment (Deposit): A NUMBER OF MINES IN THE YANKEE BLADE AREA WERE WORKED IN 1863, AND SOME WERE PRODUCTIVE AS EARLY AS 1865. AS THE EARLY MILLS INCLUDED NO PROVISION FOR FREEING SILVER IN SULFIDES, THEY PROVED INEFFICIENT AS ORE CAME FROM DEPTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): PRODUCED BETWEEN $5,000 TO $100,000.

Comment (Deposit): RETICULATE VEIN PATTERN WITH 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. 88.

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.

Reference (Deposit): HUGHES, H.H., 1955, CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ON THE AUSTIN, NEVADA PROPERTIES OF HERCULES MINES COMPANY (UNPUB.): NBMG FILES.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.