Ballyoran Claims

The Ballyoran Claims is a copper and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,719 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ballyoran Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1740

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Delamar 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Sandra Lausen, Agent For Gold Quest Inc.
Home Office: P.O. Box 313, Wells, NV
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1981
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

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

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1740 CONTAINS 2% FE, 100 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 150 PPM BA, 200 PPM CU, 3000 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 100 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN, 70 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): LIMESTONE BRECCIATED AND SILICIFIED ALONG ONE OR MORE FAULT ZONE. MOST OBVIOUS SHEAR ZONE N60W, DIP 50 SW. FAULT ZONE SHOWS SLICKS. CALCITE IS DEPOSITED ALONG FAULT SURFACE. ANOTHER SMALL FAULT STRIKES N20W, VERTICAL. ROCKS IN PIT ARE IRON-STAINED, BRECCIATED AND SILICIFIED. ROCK ON THE DUMP CONSISTS OF THOROUGHLY SILICIFIED MARLY LIMESTONE AND LIMESTONE BRECCIA WHICH IS CUT BY VITREOUS QUARTZ VEINLETS AND CONTAINS DRUSY QUARTZ-LINED ELONGATE CRACKS AND CAVITIES. ALSO THERE IS MASSIVE, SUGARY, WHITE-GREY QUARTZ VEIN AND QUARTZ-VEIN/LIMESTONE BRECCIA. SAMPLED ROCKS ARE DENSE (BARITE?) CONTAIN CLOTS AND LENSES OF SULFIDES, MOSTLY PYRITE, BUT PROBABLY ALSO GALENA. ORE IS MAINLY OXIDIZED AND IS COATED BY ABUNDANT FE AND MN OXIDES AND A YELLOW-GREEN OXIDE, POSSIBLY AFTER PB OR AS. SOME CU OXIDES ALSO NOTED ON DUMP ROCKS. HEMATITIC BOXWORKS AND HEMATITE AND PYROLUSITE VEINLETS ARE COMMON. QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL IS SHEARED, SOME SHOWING SLICKS.

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

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION, BUT AREA HAS BEEN STAKED.

Comment (Workings): 3 SHALLOW PROSPECTS; THE MAIN PROSPECT 4-5 FT DEEP

References

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF 9-22-83.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, NBMG BULL. 73.

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.