The Lida and Nancy Ann Claims is a lead and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Lida and Nancy Ann Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lida and Nancy Ann Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1112 and 1113.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lida 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
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: Thrusting, Folding, Fracturing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 3 JUST EAST OF LIDA. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF WORKINGS WHICH COVER A LARGE AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1982, AND VERY LITTLE NEW STAKING DONE
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS FILLING OPEN FRACTURES; BRECCIATED VEIN STRUCTURES COMMON
Comment (Geology): SEDIMENTS GENERALLY STRIKE N, DIP W
Comment (Workings): .70 OR MORE SHAFTS AND AN EQUAL NUMBER OF ADITS, ALL OLD AND IN POOR REPAIR IN 1982
Comment (Deposit): ALTHOUGH DISTRICT WAS REPORTED TO BE A SILVER DISTRICT ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA REPLACING LIMESTONE, EXAMINATION IN 1982 SHOWED VERY LITTLE GALENA. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON MAY 31, 1982
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.
