The Newk Claims is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Newk Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Newk Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Granite
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Noranda
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): MANY SMALL CAVED ADITS, PROSPECTS, ASSESSMENT WORK.
Comment (Workings): AREA STAKED, NORANDA MAPPING & SAMPLING.
Comment (Geology): SHEARS & QTZ VEINS IN PROSPECT JUST LIKE THE CANYONS TO THE NORTH OF MINE. PROSPECT EXPLORES PROSPECT MTN QTZITE WHICH STRIKES (BEDDING) N-5 & DIPS STEEPLY NE. QTZ VEIN AT THIS LOCALITY IS MASSIVE WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF SULFIDES & MN DENDRITS, NORANDA CLAIMS. THERE IS FREE AU IN QTZ VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): OBSERVATION
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.
