The Nor Claims is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,640 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: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.14722, -117.70917
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Nor Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nor Claims
Secondary: Eureka Prospect
Secondary: Norman Mill Site Area
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Gilbert (Desert) 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: Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield)
Home Office: Reno, Nv
Years: 1982 -
Owner Name: Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield)
Home Office: Reno, Nv
Years: 1982 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Monte Cristo Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chert Is Bleached And Softened Within Mineralized Zones, Chloritized
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CHERT AND QUARTZITE ARE CUT AT ABOUT RIGHT ANGLES TO STRIKE BY FIVE IRREGULAR ZONES 2 TO 5 FT WIDE, OF SMALL QUARTZ STRINGERS. INDIVIDUAL VEINLETS ARE RARELY OVER AN INCH WIDE BUT ARE CLOSELY SPACED WITHIN THE MINERALIZED ZONES.
Comment (Workings): Z SHAFTS, SURFACE CUTS.
Comment (Geology): FINE GRAIN IGNEOUS ROCK ON DOMD, FROM UNKNOWN DEPTH. BRECCIA SILICIFIED, VOGGY, GOSSANY, CEMENTED W EUHEDRAL QUARTZ CRYSTALS, SOME CHERT, DRUSY QUARTZ FILLED VOGS, ABUNDANT MNO2 STAINING.
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATED FROM SEVERAL SOURCES ON A RIDGE OF CHERT AND CHERTY QUARTZITE THAT SEPARATES GILBERT FROM SOUTH GILBERT DISTRICTS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH/BENTZ, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT 21, 1982.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, NBMG BULL. 78, PL2.
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.
