The Golden Sceptre Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Golden Sceptre Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Sceptre Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bullfrog (Pioneer) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN MATERIAL AVERAGED $30/TON (1906)
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Development): A 20-STAMP MILL WAS BEING PLANNED IN 1908, AT WHICH TIME THE MINE WAS SAID TO CONTAIN CONSIDERABLE MILLING ORE AND SOME ORE OF HIGHER GRADE
Comment (Deposit): ALSO PART OF THE HOBO VEIN, 4 FT WIDE HERE. CROSSCUT IN 1908 EXPOSED OVER 35 FT OF MANGANESE, QUARTZ, AND "TALC" ORE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AT LEAST 300 FT DEEP IN 1906; WITH CROSSCUTS OF 150 AND 55 FT, MAIN TUNNEL 600 FT. LONG. ONE TUNNEL CUT THE HOBO VEIN AT 230 FT FROM ENTRANCE; 100-FT INCLINE. IN 1908, OVER 3000 FT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING 3 ADITS AND 3 SHAFTS WITH DRIFTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS 700 FT LONG
Comment (Location): NEAR THE MONTGOMERY-SHOSHONE MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): PRESS CLIPPINGS FROM ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., 1906: NBMG FILE 218; ALSO 1907, 1908
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.
