The American Beauty is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.52667, -115.44278
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American Beauty MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Beauty
Secondary: Kanau
Secondary: Sloepoke
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Lee (Ruby Range)
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1869
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE DISTRICT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1869; LEAD, COPPER, SILVER ORES WERE SHIPPED DURING 1871, AND AGAIN IN 1917-1919. THE MINE IS LOCATED IN UPPER LONG CANON, ON THE EAST WALL OF THE STEEP CANON. THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT AND ADIT INTO CAMBRIAN LIMESTONES. THE ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN QUARTE-CALCITE VEINS UP TO 5' WIDE WHICH STRIKE NW, DIP SW. PRESENT (1979) ACTIVITY CONSISTS OF ROAD MAINTENANCE, UPKEEP.
Comment (Development): 1979 ACTIVITY CONSISTED OF ROAD MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP. ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1871 AND AGAIN IN 1917 TO 1919
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADIT
Comment (Location): UPPER LONG CANON
Comment (Production): SILVER & GOLD WERE CONTAINED IN ORE, ALSO. LESS THAN $100,000.
References
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1976)
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M., (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CP, NEV., USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56
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.
