The Mellan Gold Mines Group is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.70861, -116.58694
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Mellan Gold Mines Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mellan Gold Mines Group
Secondary: Golden Leo Claims
Secondary: Viola Claims
Secondary: Vista
Secondary: Vivian
Secondary: Lottie
Secondary: Colorado
Secondary: Jackson and Forked Willow Claims.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Mellan Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mellan, Hazel
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1930
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Rhyolite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4 SAMPLES CONTAINING PRIMARILY GOLD VALUES RANGED BETWEEN $17 AND $27 PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE A 400-FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 40, 80, 160 AND 400 FT WITH LATERALS TOTALLING ABOUT 700 FT; A 100-FT SHAFT WITH A 40-FT DRIFT ON THE 50-FT LEVEL; 600 FT OF WORKINGS ON THE 100-FT LEVEL; AND A 100-FT ADIT
Comment (Location): DISTRICT IS NOW PART OF THE SANDIA ROCKET-TESTING RANGE. 13 MILES EAST ACROSS CACTUS FLAT FROM CACTUS SPRING. 14 CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 220 ACRES ON MELLAN MOUNTAIN
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLES RANGED FROM .08 TO .76 OZ/T AU WITH LITTLE AG.
Comment (Development): DANIELS LEASE WAS PRODUCING FROM NORTH PORTION OF GOLDEN LEO CLAIM IN 1934
Comment (Deposit): AU-AG ORE OCCURS IN SHEAR ZONES IN RHYOLITE AND SHALE: FISSURE FILLINGS AND REPLACEMENTS. 3 VEINS PLUS CROSS VEINS
References
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 131-132
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50, P. 131-132
Reference (Deposit): TURNER, J.K., 1934, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MELLAN GOLD MINES INC.; NBMG FILE 219, ITEM 4.
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H., 1977, NBMG BULL 72, P. 38-39
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.
