The Yellow Gold Claim and Hole In the Wall Group is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Yellow Gold Claim and Hole In the Wall Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Gold Claim and Hole In the Wall Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Philip And Louis Meyer
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1964 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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, Local Argillization, Local Pyritization Of Country Rocks
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 700 PPM BA
Analytical Data: 150 PPM ZR
Analytical Data: 1 PPM AG
Analytical Data: SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE OF PYRITIZED, SILICIFIED ROCK CONTAINED 0.18 PPM AU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN
Comment (Development): A SKARN ZONE SUGGESTS THAT TUNGSTEN OR MOLYBDENUM WERE THE OBJECT OF EXPLORATION IN 1960'S9
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND 3 ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NV.; NBMG BULL
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.
