The Browning Claims is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,014 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,014 Feet (1,833 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.32556, -117.33972
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Browning Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Browning Claims
Secondary: Dunfee Shaft
Secondary: Dun Claims
Secondary: Gold Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults, Folds.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Bleaching, Argillic
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 3 MILES SE OF TOWN OF GOLD POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): ALTERED ZONE A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET WIDE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL LARGE DUMPS INDICATE 1000 FT OF WORKINGS EACH, AT LEAST 5 SHAFTS, TRENCHES, PERIFERAL SURFACE WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): MEDIBEDIMENTS ARE INTENSELY FRACTURED, FOLDED AND DISTORTED. BRECCIATED, FE STAINS, QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL IS NOTICIBLE ON DUMPS. VEIN IS BOXWORKED, GOSSANY, CALCITE CRYSTALS COATING SURFACES.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, ARTHUR III, 1966, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON SCOUTING EXPEDITION IN HORNSILVER AREA; NBMG FILE 92, ITEM 6.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 10 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.
