The Monte Cristo Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,280 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,280 Feet (1,914 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.18444, -117.70028
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Monte Cristo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monte Cristo Mine
Secondary: Monte Cristo Tunnel
Secondary: Tom Crown Lease
Secondary: Homestake Claim
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1925
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
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST SOUTH OF HOMESTAKE HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): A SMALL SHIPMENT WAS MADE FROM SHALLOW WORKINGS AT THE OUTCROP
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL; SHALLOW SURFACE WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): MAY BE SAME VEIN AS THAT CROSSED IN THE CROWN AND GOLDENBURG TUNNELS
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.
Reference (Deposit): PAHER, S.W., 1970, NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS: HOWELL NORTH BOOKS, SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
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.
