The Free Gold No. 1 Claims is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Free Gold No. 1 Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Free Gold No. 1 Claims
Secondary: Sample Location 448
Secondary: Free Gold and Extension Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Goldfield
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: O. J. Brince Field Of Goldfield And Emil Perolaz Of Reno
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Stonewall Flat
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Argillization, Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES CONTAINED UP TO 0.5 OZ/T AU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FE-OXIDE MATERIAL CONSINTRATED FAULT. ROCK IS LOCALLY SILICIFIED AND ARGILLIZED OVER A LARGE AREA.
Comment (Geology): SHAFT TO THE WEST EXPOSES A NORTH-TRENDING FAULT, HIGHLY FE-STAINED.
Comment (Development): ONLY MINOR SHIPMENTS WERE MADE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT; ADIT WITH 1800 FT OF WORKINGS AND SEVERAL SMALLER ADITS AND SHAFTS TOTALLING 500 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 10 JUL 82.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 51, P. 72-73
Reference (Deposit): NORBERG, J.R., 1977, USBM, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF NELLIS AFB., ETC.
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.
