Bruneau

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

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Bruneau  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.93333, -115.68278

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.