The Gold Ledge Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Gold Ledge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Ledge Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Eastgate 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Schweis, W. H.
Home Office: Reno, Nv
Years: 1940 -
Production
Year: 1936
Material type: AU-AG-ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.91 Oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Many Faults Cut The Vein At Right Angles
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 350-FT. ADIT, 200 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 150 AND 200 FT. LEVELS, 110-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT
Comment (Location): IN A STEEP, WESTWARD-DRAINING CANYON IN THE WEST SPUR OF THE DESATOYA MOUNTAINS, ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF EASTGATE (5 MILES BY ROAD) EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN; MANY WORKINGS SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): ABOUT $20,000 IN SHIPPING ORE HAD BEEN PRODUCED BY 1940
Comment (Development): UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THE GOLD LEDGE MINE WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL COMPANIES. IN 1934 THE PROPERTY WAS OPERATED BY THE MONARCH GOLD LEDGE MINING CO., WHO ERECTED A 50 TPD MILL SEVERAL MILES NW OF THE MINE, BUT IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND SOLD IN 1939.
Comment (Deposit): WALLS OF VEIN ARE ILL-DEFINED. GANGUE IS CRUSHED, IRON-STAINED RHYOLITE
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL. 83.
Reference (Production): VANDERBURG, W.O, (1940)
Reference (Deposit): MILS, 1979. USBM
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO., NV.; U.S.B.M., I.C. 7093.
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.
