The Llewellyn Prospect ? is a lead and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,449 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.27222, -117.58000
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Llewellyn Prospect ? MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Llewellyn Prospect ?
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Crow Spring (Royston) 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: Dave S. Llewellyn, Power-Of-Attorney For Owners
Years: 1922 -
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
Type: L
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $1.20-$146.16/TON IN PB (1922)
Analytical Data: $0.8-144.16 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: ASSAYS OF DUMP AND ORE RANGED FROM 0.02-0.1 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 22 MILES FROM TONOPAH. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT UTM IS TO ONE OF 2. SHAFTS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP IN GENERAL VICINITY OF THE PROSPECT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): 10 LODE CLAIMS. 1922 REPORT STATES VEINS ARE "TOO NARROW AND IRREGULAR TO BE MINED AT A PROFIT
Comment (Deposit): NARROW QUARTZ VEINS IN FISSURE IN GRANITE
Comment (Workings): 2 INCLINE SHAFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): STOTESBURY, H.W., 1922, PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR T.M. CO. ON LLEWELLYN PROSPECT; NBMG FILE 85, ITEM
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.
