Great Western Mine

The Great Western Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Great Western Mine
Secondary: Silvermines Property
Secondary: Southwestern Mines Co. Property

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Hornsilver (Lime Point, Gold Point) 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Stoneham, C. A.
Home Office: N. Y.
Years: 1922 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Post-Ore Fault Movement Crushed Ore

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Geology): GOUGE ZONE SEPARATES ORE FROM COUNTRY ROCK

Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.5 MILE SW OF THE TOWN OF HORNSILVER (GOLD POINT) 17 CLAIMS (11 CLAIMS OF WHICH COVER 135 ACRES) . UTM IS TO ONE OF MANY WORKINGS ON THE PROPERTY. UTM IS TO MINE SYMBOL ON TOPO MAP ON LARGE CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): ORE WAS BEING SHIPPED IN 1908; 12 TONS A DAY WAS BEING SHIPPED IN 1909

Comment (Workings): SHAFT TO 300 FT; 600 FT. OF DEVELOPMENT ON 100-FT LEVEL; 175 FT. OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE 200 FT LEVEL IN 1909; STOPES; TRENCHES TO EXPOSE EXTENT OF VEIN. 900-FT SHAFT IN 1923, WITH 3, WITH 3000 FT OF LATERAL WORKINGS

Comment (Development): CHAMP D'OR MINING CO. OPENED IT IN 1912, AND OPERATED UNDER LEASE AND BOND BY THE ORLEANS HORNSILVER MINING CO. 150-TON CYANIDE PLANT IN OPERATION IN 1923. IN 1922, SOUTHWESTERN MINES COMPANY OWNED THE CLAIMS WITH 85% CONTROL BY SILVER MINES CORP. ONLY MINE IN DISTRICT SHIPPING ORE IN 1908

Comment (Deposit): LARGEST VEIN VARIED FROM 5 TO 20 FT. WIDE, TRAVERSING THE PROPERTY FOR 4000 FT.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 380, P. 41-43.

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV., P. 1333, 1342.

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., SEPT., 1909, MIN. & SCI PRESS, P 433; NBMG FILE 92, ITEM

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): TURNER, J. K., 1922, THE HORNSILVER MINING DISTRICT: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, VOL. 124, NO. 3, P. 93-94.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 78, P. 69.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 73-75.

Reference (Production): USGS BULL 380, P. 41-42. LINCOLN, P 74.

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.