The Golden Rule Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.35556, -117.29361
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Golden Rule Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Rule Mine
Secondary: Little Joe
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime 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: John T. Murphy And Fred Atzert Of Goldfield
Years: 1931 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1874
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS ON A CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND QUARTZITE WITH GRANITE FOOTWALL. AT ANOTHER POINT IS A REDDISH-BLACK MASSIVE, QUARTZ-IRON OUTCROP
Comment (Workings): 100-FT, 38 DEGREES INCLINE SHAFT, STOPE, 120-FT DRIFT TO NW; 100-F DRIFT TO SW ALONG VEIN AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT; OPEN CUT AND TUNNEL 70-FT LONG, AND 50-FT SHAFT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN 1874 ERA UNDER SAM KELSEY'S OWNERSHIP. ORE WAS HAULED FROM MAIN STOPE TO AUSTIN
Comment (Location): 5 CLAIMS ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF HORNSILVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Production): SMITH & CARPENTER, 1931
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, A.M. AND CARPENTER, JAY, 1931, UNPUBLISHED NOTES FROM INSPECTION TRIP TO HORNSILVER; NBMG FILE 92, ITEM 8
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.
