The Frank No. 2 is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,119 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,119 Feet (2,170 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.79611, -117.71444
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Frank No. 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Frank No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865)
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Oromonte Mines Co., Ltd
Years: 1927 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Post-Ore Crushing, Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE FRANK NO. 2 WAS ONE OF THE VALCALDA GROUP OF 6 PATENTED CLAIMS FIRST LOCATED IN THE 1860'S AND RELOCATED BY ELI SWEIGER IN 1886, WHO HELD THEM FOR 4 YEARS. THEY WERE RELOCATED BY THE VALCALDE BROTHERS (JOHN, JIM, OTIS, AND ANDREW) IN ABOUT 1892. JOHN VALCADA WORKED THE PROPERTY FROM SHALLOW CUTS FROM 1885-1905 MILLING THE ORE IN A 2-STAMP MILL AND A MORTAR, MAKING ABOUT $2700. THE PROPERTY WAS OPTIONED FROM THE VALCALDA'S IN 1905 BY BILLY AND MIKE O'MEARA AND JOHN LYNCH FOR $30,000, AND THEY FORMED THE SILVER-PEAK-VALCALDA GOLD MINING CO., INC. IN 1906, AT WHICH TIME THEY DROVE SEVERAL TUNNELS INTO THE FRANK VEIN. A MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1907 ON THE FRANK NO. 2 CLAIM, WHICH RAN INTERMITTENTLY FOR A YEAR. IN 1908, SAMUEL NEWHOUSE, A SUCCESSFUL MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): HEAD OF ECHO CANYON ON WEST SIDE. UTM IS TO ADIT ON CLAIM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): THE FRANK NO. 2 WAS ONE OF FOUR CLAIMS SOLD BY JOHN VALCALDA TO OROMONTE MINES CO. LTD. IN 1927 ORE TRANSPORTATION COSTS BECAME A PROBLEM, AND IT IS DOUBTFUL ANY PROFIT WAS MADE IN THIS VENTURE.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ LENSES
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TUNNELS, SHALLOW SURFACE WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
References
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, M.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES, NO. 8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., (1906), U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER NO. 55.
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.
