The Brookside No.1 Placer is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Brookside No.1 Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brookside No.1 Placer
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria 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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): NE OF CANDELARIA TOWNSITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): 160 ACRES OF TAILINGS. FIFTEEN ACRES ARE COVERED WITH TAILINGS TO A DEPTH OF SEVERAL FEET AND ARE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN NOT LESS THAN 80,000 TONS.
Comment (Geology): TAILINGS FROM THE ARGENTUM MINE, INDEPENDENT OF LOCAL GEOLOGY
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS CARRIED ON THE COMPANY'S BOOKS AT $15,000 BUT IS PROBABLY WORTH THREE TIMES THAT AMOUNT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): GRAHAM, W.H, BROOKSIDE NO.1 PLACER, UNPUB: 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.
