Rifle Claims

The Rifle Claims is a copper, gemstone, gold, and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,051 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Rifle Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 7,051 Feet (2,149 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Gemstone, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.18, -116.89389

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Rifle Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rifle Claims


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gemstone
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Northumberland 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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification; Argillization


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Turquoise
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Iron


Comments

Comment (Location): NORTH SIDE WILLOW CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): ROAD SYSTEM MORE DEVELOPED THAN SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET. POSSIBLY A PRECIOUS METALS PROSPECT

Comment (Workings): MINOR OPEN PIT 15 FT BY 10 FT BY 12 FT; PROSPECT PITS; TRENCH

Comment (Geology): BEDDING AND FRACTURES COATED WITH FEOX, MNOX


References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION, AUG. 1980.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 19 OCT 1981.

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY; NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)


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.