The Grand Central Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.34806, -117.37250
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Grand Central Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Central Mine
Secondary: Later Part of Ohio Mines Corp.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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 Movement On Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS FOLLOW BEDDING PLANE FAULTS, CARRYING OXIDIZED PURITE. VEIN IS HIGHLY FRACTURED AND BRECCIATED.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1908 (RELOCATED) 1890'S-MINED
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.8 MILE SW OF THE TOWN OF HORNSILVER, 0.25 MILE S. OF THE GREAT WESTERN. UTM IS TO ONE CENTRALLY LOCATED SHAFT ON THE CLAIM BLOCK (THERE ARE NUMEROUS WORKINGS). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): SOME SHIPMENTS REPORTED IN 1908-1909. IN 1880'S-90'S ORE WAS HAULED TO A MILL NEAR LIDA FROM THIS AND OTHER CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, PITS. THE WORKINGS ARE LINED UP IN A N60E TREND.
Comment (Geology): VERY FINE-GRAINED, GREENISH-GREY MAFIC DIKE MATERIAL WAS OBSERVED IN FLOAT.
Comment (Deposit): PATENT SURVEY #3967 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 380, P. 41-43.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, SEPT., MINING & SCI., PRESS, P. 433; NBMG FILE 92, ITEM
Reference (Deposit): SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 9 MAY 83
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.
