The Ney Group is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.66944, -116.25972
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Ney Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ney Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Morey 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: Ney, William
Years: 1921 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1921
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: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): NO DEVELOPMENT
Comment (Development): OWNERS IN 1921 THOUGHT MAGNOLIA VEIN HAD EXTENSION IN NORTHERLY CLAIM OF THIS GROUP
Comment (Location): 16 MILES NW OF HOT CREEK RANCH. 4 MILES FROM MAIN ROAD TO EUREKA. (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, H.A., 1921, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE NEY GROUP-(UNPUBLISHED); ON FILE AT NBMG FILE 241, ITEM
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.
