The Bruneau is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Bruneau MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bruneau
Secondary: Elko
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Gold Basin
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1930
Discovery Year: 1930
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): THE VEINS WERE MINED FROM 1930 TILL 1941, AND A MILL WAS BUILT WHICH PRODUCED GOLD, SILVER & COPPER
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEINS
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO ADITS. THE VEINS WERE MINED FROM 1930 TILL 1941, AND A MILL WAS BUILT, PRODUCING GOLD, SILVER, COPPER ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BUSHNELL K. (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD, NEV., NV. VUREA OF MINES BULL 67
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.
