The Raymond & Ely Extension is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,919 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 37.93056, -114.44028
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Raymond & Ely Extension MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Raymond & Ely Extension
Secondary: Meadow Valley Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
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
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Development): YUBA LEASING CO. ACTIVE ON THE PROPERTY IN 1914, FOUND GOOD ORE SHOOT ON 900 LEVEL. IN 1868, F.L.A. PIOCHE DEPUTED CHARLES E. HOFFMAN TO PURCHASE CLAIMS. HE SECURED SOME OF THE BEST CLAIMS WHICH PIOCHE LATER CONVEYED TO THE MEADOW VALLEY MINING CO. WHICH HE ORGANIZED FOR THAT PURPOSE
Comment (Workings): MEADOW VALLEY NO. 3 SHAFT SUNK 1374 FT INCLINED, BEFORE WATER LEVEL WAS REACHED AND STOPPED AT 1375 FT
Comment (Geology): A ZONE OF MASSIVE BLACK ZN-PB-FE SULFIDE ORE, SEVERAL FT WIDE, WAS ENCOUNTERED ALONG QUARTZITE FOOTWALL. ORE WAS NAMED "BLACK LEAD" AND WAS NOT OF VALUE TO EARLY MINERS. ORE WAS LOCATED BELOW 1,200 FT LEVEL.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): NO COMMERCIAL ORE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED. THE MAIN SHOOT WAS COVERED BY 100 FT OF SHALE AND THE ONLY SURFACE EXPOSURE WAS THIN SEAMS IN SHALE CONSIDERABLE LOW-GRADE (1909) ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED BELOW WATER LEVEL WITH GRADE INCREASING WITH DEPTH.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ, C.M., & PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, PG. 131.
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R.M., 1911, THE PIOCHE DIST., MINES & MINERALS, V. 32, P. 164-165
Reference (Deposit): SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR, P. 545-548.
Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.W., 1914, MIN. & SCI PRESS, P. 483-486.
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.
