The Esmeralda is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Esmeralda MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Esmeralda
Secondary: Buena
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Gold Circle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: M. And K Inc
Years: 1980 -
Owner Name: M. And K, Inc.
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEIN OCCUPIES ZONE OF SHATTERED RHYOLITE W/ LOW GRADE ORE FOUND IN A 3FT. WIOE ZONE, AND POCKETS OF STRONGLY MINERALIZED FE-STAINED RHYOLITE W/ HIGH GRADES OF GOLD
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED CONSISTED OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS IN 1910. THE LODE IS LOCATED 3,500 FT. SOUTH OF THE GOLDEN CHARIOT CLAIM ACTIVE IN 1980 AS AN UNDERGROUND MINE EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): LISTED AS AN ACTIVE UNDER GROUND MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN OCCUPYING Z0NE OF SHATTERED RHYOLITE
Comment (Workings): 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS IN 1910
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER A. E. ETAL (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 54
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, EUREKA, & LANDER CO. NEV., USGS BULL 408.
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF MINING OPERATIONS IN NEVADA, ACTIVE IN 1980
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.
