The Grant Mountain Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Grant Mountain Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grant Mountain Gold Mine
Secondary: Murray Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Mount Grant District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Owner Name: Grant Mountain Gold Mine Co.
Owner Name: C. B. Murray And Associates
Home Office: Reno, Nevada
Years: 1937 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Discovery Year: 1906
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
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: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): SW OF MT. GRANT, AT LAPHAN MEADOWS
Comment (Development): 13 UNPATENTED PLACER CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): GOLD IS FAIRLY COARSE WITH AVERAGE FINENESS OF 898. LARGEST NUGGET FOUND IN 1935 HAD A VALUE OF $30.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941
Reference (Production): ROSS, 1961, TABLE 6.3
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.
