The San Francisco Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,680 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: 7,680 Feet (2,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.12972, -117.55750
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San Francisco Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Francisco Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Window In Tertiary Volcanics
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SAID TO ASSAY ABOUT $8.00/TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN PINCHES SEVERELY AT 46 FT. TO 16 INCHES. VEIN CUTS A WINDOW OF PERMIAN META ANDESITES.
Comment (Workings): 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS WITH SHORT CROSSCUTS
Comment (Location): NORTH OF THE ARCTIC MINE EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): YORK, BERNARD, 1936, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD PARK MINES, NBMG FILES.
Reference (Deposit): NASH, A.D., 1980, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD PARK MINE, NBMG FILES.
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.
