The Divide Mine is a silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Divide Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Divide Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Rock Creek District
Land Status
Not available
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: 1918
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. GRADE WAS .46 OZ AU & 291 OZ AG PER TO
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): ONLY MINE IN THE DISTRICT. SMALL PRODUCTION OF AG-AU ORE WAS REPORTED IN 1918, AND ALSO IN 1929, TOTALLING LESS THAN $5000 WORTH
Comment (Deposit): ONLY MINE IN DISTRICT. SMALL PRODUCTION OF AG-AU ORE WAS REPORTED IN 1918, ALSO IN 1929. TOTAL WAS LESS THAN $5000 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION IN 1918 AND 1929 WAS LESS THAN $5000 WORTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE RPT
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M. (1976)
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.
