The Conqueror Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.74139, -117.21972
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Conqueror Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Conqueror Mine
Secondary: Tonopah Club
Secondary: Bonanza Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield 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: Conqueror Cons. Mining Co.
Years: 1908 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Type: R
Description: Columbia Mountain Fault Dipping East At A Low Angle
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINS ADAMS MINE ON THE NW. . UTM IS TO SHAFT OF SW END OF CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE WAS PRODUCED NEAR THE SURFACE IN 1904-1905. SOME MATERIAL ASSAYED $12/TON IN 1908 ORSO.
Comment (Development): OPERATED 1914-1915
Comment (Deposit): SILICIFIED ZONE OR LEDGE. ORE IS FOUND BETWEEN THE LEDGE'S SOUTH END AND THE ANDESITE TO THE EAST
Comment (Workings): 100-FT INCLINE RUN AT 20 DEGREES-25 DEGREES AND A 50-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A CROSSCUT AT THE BOTTOM; STOPING WITHIN 10-15 FT OF SURFACE (ALL IN 1905)
References
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66., P. 238-239.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1170.
Reference (Production): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P. 238.
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.
