The Uneeta Claim is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Uneeta Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uneeta Claim
Secondary: Soliday
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Lucin
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
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: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON UTAH-NEV STATE LINE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS SMALL
Comment (Deposit): VEIN/FAULT ZONE; WITH GOSSAN FOR MED NEAR INTERSECTION OF FAULT ZONE WITH SHEAR
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Geology): GOSSAN FORMED IN S/NEAR INTERSECTION OF N-S FAULT ZONE (VERT.) W/N 40 DEG E, 55 DEG NW SHEAR.
References
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., P.109.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 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.
