The Knox Divide Mine is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.01056, -117.23583
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Knox Divide Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Knox Divide Mine
Secondary: Knox Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Divide District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Knox Divide Mining Co.
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $ 41/TON ASSY IN 1919
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 10 CLAIMS, 100 ACRES ADJOINING THE HIGH DIVIDE ON THE NORTH, AND 3500 FT N. OF GOLD MOUNTAIN. . UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 92
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1920, MINES HANDBOOK. VOL XIV, P. 1147.
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED CLAIM MAP OF DIVIDE DISTRICT, NBMG FILES
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.
