Tara Claims

The Tara Claims is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,280 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tara Claims
Secondary: Irvine & Bauers
Secondary: Irmine & Postum
Secondary: Nearby Is Dave Mathews Lead
Secondary: NBMG Sample Location 1713.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Ely Springs (Lone Mountain) District (Described Under Highland District In County Report)

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Elledge, Eugene
Home Office: 1209 Stout Way, Las Vegas Nv, 89101
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, LENSES,PODS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault Truncating Bedding At Sw End Of Zone, Strike N25e, Dip 70 Nw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Recrystallization, Bleaching.

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Development): PROPERTY IS STAKED AND PROBABLY WORKED ON A VERY SMALL SCALE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT PARALLEL TO BEDDING, BUT ALSO FRACTURED OR BRECCIATED, INDICATING THE PRESENCE OF A BEDDING PLANE FAULT. SLICKENSIDES VISIBLE ALONG ZONE, AND CROSS-FAULTING OCCURS SUCH AS A PROMINENT FAULT WHICH TRUNCATES BEDDING AT SW END OF ZONE. FAULT STRIKES N2SE DIP 70NW AND MAY HAVE SERVED AS AN AVENUE FOR MINERALIZING FLUIDS WHICH SPREAD OUT ALONG BEDDING OF HOST ROCK. THE REPLACED ZONE IS MARKED BY ABUNDANT LENSES AND PODS OF FE & MN OXIDES, AND SHOWS SILICIFICATION, RECRYSTALLIZATION, OXIDATION AND BLEACHING OF THE LIMESTONE HOST ROCKS ADJACENT TO THE REPLACED HORIZON. DENSE PODS OF MASSIVE MN & FE OXIDES WERE SAMPLED FROM THE DUMP. LEAF GOLD AND GOLD ORE DESCRIBED BY WHEELER FOR THIS LOCALITY MAY CORRESPOND TO THE DEPOSIT EXPLORED BY THE ADIT TO THE SE. HERE, LEAF GOLD IS DEPOSITED ALONG PLANES OF FRACTURE AND FOLIATION IN SHALE LAYER IN THE MENDHA FORMATION. GOLD ORE IN 50-FT INCLINED SHAFT IS REPORTED TO BE 12-18 INCHES THICK. A 10-FT LIMESTONE IS REPLACED BY

Comment (Deposit): FE-MN OXIDES. QUARTZ-GALENA VEIN IN LIMESTONE UP TO 1 FT THICK STRIKES N65W, DIP 65 NE, AND IS DEVELOPED BY 80-FT ADIT.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS INCLINED 25 TO NW ALONG STRATABOUND REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT. PROSPECTING ALONG ZONE CONTINUES ALONG STRIKE FOR ABOUT 60 FT. ORE TREATED ON A SMALL SCALE NEAR HOMESTEAD BELOW MINESITE. ADIT TO SE NOT VISITED AS NO SIGN OF RECENT ACTIVITY WAS NOTED IN VICINITY OF ADIT (1983)

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

References

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION. 9/15/83.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 73, 1970, P. 151

Reference (Deposit): UNR BULL VOL 34, NO. 8, P. 13.

Reference (Production): NBMG BULL 70, P. 151.

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.