Arrowhead Esperanza Mines Co.

The Arrowhead Esperanza Mines Co. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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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: Arrowhead Esperanza Mines Co.  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 38.09278, -116.16194

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Arrowhead Esperanza Mines Co. MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Arrowhead Esperanza Mines Co.


Commodity

Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Arrowhead District; Needles District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: Arrowhead Esperanza Mines Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Nnw-Trending Fault; E-W-Trending Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Development): ORGANIZED IN 1919 TO DEVELOP CLAIMS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE DISTRICT. NO ACTIVITY IN 1985.

Comment (Location): IN NORTHEASTERN PART OF DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)


References

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV.

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1921, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-806

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION


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.