The Greens Camp is a zinc, uranium, lead, and copper mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Uranium, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 37.33, -117.39083
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Greens Camp MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Greens Camp
Secondary: Atlas, Moonstone, Moonstone Annex and Ajax No.1 Claims
Secondary: Green's Pride Group
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Hornsilver (Lime Point, Gold Point) 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: E. D. Green And Mrs. Nellie Emery
Years: 1931 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH = 0.08 MR/HR
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.025 MR/HR
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 6 CLAIMS IN SW PART OF THE DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): "WELL WORTHY OF DEVELOPMENT" (1931). ON THE DUMP WAS 2 TONS OF ORE ASSAYING 4.6 OZ/TON AU AND 2 OZ/TON AG.
Comment (Deposit): ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY IS REPORTED IN QUARTZ VEINS WHICH CUT A GRANITIC INTRUSIVE. COPPER, LEAD, ZINC MINERALS ALSO PRESENT. CU MINERALIZATION IN WNW SLIPS ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG ARGILLIZATION, SLIPS ABOUT 50 FT APART COPPER STAINING AREA IS LOW ON SLOPE WEST OF GREENS CAMP. 5 STRONG QUARTZ VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS, TRENCHES AND AN INACCESSIBLE SHAFT 60 FT DEEP WITH 112-FT DRIFT; 28-FT TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, A.M. AND CARPENTER, JAY, 1931, UNPUBLISHED NOTES FROM INSPECTION TRIP TO HORNSILVER; NBMG FILE 92, ITEM 8.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL. 81, P. 52.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, ARTHUR, III, 1966, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON SCOUTING EXPEDITION IN HORNSILVER AREA; NBMG FILE 92
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.
