The Gold Reed Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.54806, -116.29306
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Gold Reed Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Reed Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Kawich District-Also Known As The Gold Reed District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: Martel, Al And Robert
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
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: Kawich Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Complex Faulting-Forming Wedge Shaped Cavities
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Intensley Silicified, Kaolinized Pockets Locally
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GOOD GOLD VALUES HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR KAOLINITIC SUBSTANCE FOUND IN CAVITIES AT 100 FT LEVEL, PYRITE VALUES ARE LOW
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Development): FIRST LOCATIONS IN DISTRICT WERE MADE ON THIS PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): FREE GOLD AT SURFACE-AURIFEROUS PYRITE AT 150 DEPTH-SURFACE GOLD RESIDUAL WEATHERING PRODUCT OF PYRITE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 300 FT SHAFT-PRE 1900'S WORKINGS CONSIST OF CUTS AND SHALLOW TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 92.
Reference (Deposit): YORK, B., 1935, GOLD REED PROPERTY; NBMG FILE 236, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 236-PRESS CLIPPINGS
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OF SOUTHERN MYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 38
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWS LETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, GEOL. RECONNAISSANCE SW NEV. AND E. CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 111-112
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 91-92
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.
