The Mcmahon Mine is a silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Mcmahon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mcmahon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum (Schellbourne Subdistrict) 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
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1871
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Development): A 5-STAMP MILL HAD BEEN BUILT BY 1873: IDLE IN 1874.
Comment (Location): IN MCMAHON CANYON, BETWEEN THE SHERIDAN & MUNCEY AND THE SUMMIT MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Commodity): ORE (1873) WAS OF GOOD GRADE, BUT REFRACTORY.
Comment (Deposit): MCMAHON LEDGE, ON E. SIDE OF MCMAHON CANYON
Comment (Workings): SURFACE CUT EXPOSED A FACE OF ORE 20 FT LONG BY 8 IN. THICK AVG. $75./TON IN 1871. BY 1873, A SHAFT HAD BEEN SUNK TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT AND DRIFTS HAD BEEN RUN 25 FT EACH WAY FROM THE BOTTOM.
References
Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R.W., 1871, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK.
Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R.W., 1874, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 277,-278
Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R.W., 1873, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 229
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.
