Esmeralda

The Esmeralda is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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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

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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

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Materials

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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.