The Pretty Boy Claims is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.1125, -117.71306
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Pretty Boy Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pretty Boy Claims
Secondary: Original Gilbert Prospect.
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1266
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gemstone
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Prester, Hazel
Home Office: Box 732, Tonapah, 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
Type: L
Description: Fissuring
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 125-FT DEEP SHAFT, INCLINED 70 DEGREES; FOLLOWING A ZONE OF FISSURING, WITH A 60-FT DRIFT AT 57-FT DEPTH; ANOTHER 50-FT SHAFT INCLINED 60DEGREES. PERIPHERAL PROSPECT PITS, ADITS AND OTHER SURFACE WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): AVERAGE STRIKE OF COUNTRY ROCK IS ABOUT N40W, DIP 50-60 SW.
Comment (Location): IN SOUTH GILBERT AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO SHIPMENTS HAD BEEN MADE BY 1925. . RECENT SURFACE EXPLORATION (1982)
Comment (Deposit): 3 RATHER POORLY DEFINED VEINS OR ZONES OF MINERALIZATION 40 TO 50 FT APART ROUGHLY FOLLOWING THE STRIKE AND DIP OF THE CHERT. VEINS ARE OF BRECCIATED CHERT CEMENTED BY SMALL VEINLETS OF DRUSY AND FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ, SOME LAMELLAR. THERE ARE ALSO SMALL SEAMS CROSSING THE CHERT AT RIGHT ANGLES TO STRIKE, CARRYING MOST OF THE PROPERTY'S FREE GOLD
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL. 78, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F, P. 142-143.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT. 11, 1982.
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.
