The Sample Site 1285 is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Sample Site 1285 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sample Site 1285
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Good Hope (White Wolf)
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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Silver Peak Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): AREA UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): SOMEONE WAS ACTIVELY MINING THE SITE IN 1984, AND RO
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED ZONE OF SULFIDES DESSIMINATED IN SILTY LIMESTONE
Comment (Geology): OUT CROPS OF HOST ROCK ARE LIMONITIC STAINED WITH GOSSANY ZONES AND ABUNDANT FE-MN STAINED BOXWORK. SED. ARE CUT WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINLETS CARRING PYRITE. HOST ROCK ARE SLIGHTLY SILICIFIED, HIGHLY FRACTURED.
Comment (Workings): VERTICLE SHAFT, UNCOLLARED, MINOR TRENCHES AND DOG HOLES.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH/BENTZ, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT 25, 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.
