The Ed Welch Property is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Ed Welch Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ed Welch Property
Secondary: Deerclaim May Be Same As Unnamed Prospects #16
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jefferson Canyon District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Discovery Year: 1932
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): MILS GIVES LOCATION AS SEC 12, TION, R43E, BUT THIS LOOKS UNLIKELY FROM LOCATION DESCRIPTION ON SOUTH SIDE OF JEFFERSON CREEK, 4.5 MILES BY ROAD NE OF ROUND MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): MINED INTERMITTENTLY, 1932-1940 BY ED WELCH. 3 LESSEES WORKING THE PROPERTY IN SPRING OF 1950 INSTALLED A 3-FT CHILEAN-TYPE MILL AND WERE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A CONCENTRATE ON HUNGARIAN RIFFLES
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ STRINGERS CONTAINING GOLD
Comment (Workings): ADIT WITH 100 FT OF WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 50
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, MILS, 1979
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.