The Goldyke Reef Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 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
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.72861, -117.86972
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Goldyke Reef Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goldyke Reef Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fairplay 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S?
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN (IN STOCK DRIVEWAY) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): DESCRIBED AS THE "OLDEST PROPERTY IN GOLDYKE CAMP", WITH A MILL ON THE SITE IN 1914
Comment (Workings): AT LEAST 4 SHAFTS, NUMEROUS DRIFTS; DEVELOPED TO 200-FT DEPTH (1914) MILL ON THE SITE IN 1914
Comment (Deposit): 4-6 FT WIDE VEIN IN STRONGLY ALTERED ZONE IN RHYOLITE, WITH OCCASIONAL BUNCHES OF GOOD ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1914, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON PROPERTIES IN THE GOLDYKE AREA: NBMG FILE 227, ITEM 1
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.
