The Unnamed Shaft is a uranium and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,371 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,371 Feet (1,942 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.91917, -116.97889
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Unnamed Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Gold
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): SINGLE VERTICAL SHAFT WITH HEADFRAME & CRIBBING - ABOUT 50 FT. DEEP IN ALLUVIUM.
Comment (Deposit): POSSIBLY AN OLD WELL AS IT IS SITUATED IN A DRAINAGE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, PEGGY, FIELD CHECK 19 OCT, 1981
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.
