The Gelder Mine is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,230 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,230 Feet (1,899 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 37.94167, -114.47778
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Gelder Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gelder Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1431
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Bedding Plane Shear Zone, Slickensides
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic, Bleaching, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1431. CONTAINS 10% FE, 5000 PPM MN, 15 PPM AG, GREATER THAN 10000 PPM AS, 10 PPM AU, 150 PPM BA, 500 PPM CU, 20000 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 1000 PPM SR, 30 PPMY, 2000 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Development): NOT ACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983
Comment (Deposit): LOWER WORKINGS ARE IN PIOCHE SHALE AND EXPLORE A S-DIPPING LOW ANGLE FAULT WHICH IS INTERSECTED BY A N60E, 75 SE SHEAR. ROCKS ARE ARGILLICALLY ALTERED AND STAINED WITH FE-MN OXIDES, AND ABUNDANTLY STAINED WITH PSILOMELANE. SHEAR SEPARATES PROSPECT MOUNTAIN QUARTZITE ON NW FROM PIOCHE SHALE ON SE. THE SHEAR ZONE IS HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED AND GOSSANY. AT THE MAIN ADIT, ABOVE THE LOWER WORKINGS, LIMESTONE BEDS STRIKE N35W, DIP 30 SW AND ARE BLEACHED AND ALTERED, WITH AN EXPOSED BEDDING PLANE SHEAR ZONE HEAVILY STAINED WITH FE-MN OXIDES. MOST OF THE DUMP MATERIAL AT THE ADIT IS PIOCHE SHALE WHILE MAIN ORE BIN IS FULL OF QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE CARRYING MINOR GRAINS OF GALENA AND PYRITE IN QUARTZ VEINS. THE ADJACENT SHAFT IS CAVED IN. AT THE SHAFT, A RIB OF SILICIFIED SILTSTONE/LIMESTONE IS CUT BY VITREOUS QUARTZ VEIN CARRYING FINE-GRAINED OXIDIZED PYRITE/CHALCOPYRITE, ARGENTIFEREOUS GALENA AND POSSIBLY SPHALERITE, AND IS STAINED WITH MINOR MALACHITE AND FE-MN OXIDES. MOST ROCKS EXHIBIT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Workings): SERIES OF SHAFTS, PARTIALLY-CAVED ADITS, REMAINS OF ORE CHUTE, SURFACE CUTS, PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Deposit): SLICKENSIDES. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN FISSURE-FILLING QUARTZ VEINS. MOST PYRITE IS OXIDIZED WITH MALACHITE STAIN PROBABLY FROM OXIDIZED CHALCOPYRITE OR TETRAHEDRITE (?). MINOR YELLOW OXIDES WERE NOTE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 171
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 469
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF-136.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT ON AUG. 24, 1983.
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.
