The Niterville Group is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 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: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.9525, -117.11111
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Niterville Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Niterville Group
Secondary: 4 Niterville
Secondary: 2 Jumbo
Secondary: 3 Mammoth
Secondary: White Cloud Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bullfrog District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Colbert, Dr. W. R.
Home Office: Elsinore, Ca
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1931
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: Grapevine Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Rhyolite Silicified, Alunization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4 OZ AG/TON (SAMPLE WIDTH 2.3 FT)
Analytical Data: ASSAY ON PAY SHOUT: 4307 AU
Analytical Data: ASSAY $15 (1950)
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GOLD VALVES LIE ALONG FOOTWALL. WHITE CLOUD VEIN STRIKES N40E, 44NW. GOLD MINERALIZATION IN FRACTURES AND JOINTS IN RHYOLITE DIKE.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. 22 MILES WEST OF SPRINGDALE, THE LAST 6 MILES UP STEEP CANYON, IN A SMALL RAVINE TRIBUTARY TO THE EAST SIDE OF GRAPEVINE CANYON.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 200 FT ADIT, 100 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): AMON, GRAPEVINE. DIST., NEV, MBMG FILE 218, ITEM 5.
Reference (Deposit): PERSONAL COMMUNICATION FROM DR W.R. COLBERT TO V.E. KARL, NBMG MINING DISTRICT, 1949, FILE 218, ITEM 12.
Reference (Deposit): KRAC, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 36
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.
