The B & M Property is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,348 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,348 Feet (1,935 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.30417, -117.34750
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B & M Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: B & M Property
Secondary: B & M
Secondary: B & M Nos. 1-4
Secondary: Garnet Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.2 TO 53.28 OZ/T AG. SAMPLES WERE OF VEIN MATERIAL AND SORTED ORE
Analytical Data: 23 ASSAYS YIELDED FROM TR. TO 0.72 OZ/TAU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 QUARTZ VEINS IN GRANITE PORPHYRY
Comment (Workings): INCLINE SHAFT FOLLOWS VEIN 32 DEGREES, 88FT DEEP, WITH 2 DRIFTS AT 55-FT LEVEL, 99 AND 93 FT LONG. ALSO SEVERAL SMALL TUNNELS, CUTS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Location): 5 CLAIMS 4 MILES SE OF HORNSILVER AND 4 MILES W OF GOLD MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A.F., 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE B & M PROPERTY; NBMG FILE 92 ITEM 5
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.
