The April Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.79111, -117.69861
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April Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: April Mine
Secondary: Part of Mohawk-Alpine Group In 1904
Secondary: Part of Pittsburg Silver Peak Gold Mining Co. Property
Secondary: 1906-1936
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865);(A.K.A. Red Mountain, Mineral Ridge,Argentite)
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Silver Peak Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Orthoclase
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.3 MILE SW OF MAIN MARY MINE PORTAL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): MINE PRODUCED 200 TONS OF FREE-MILLING GOLD ORE WORKED IN 1892-1893 AT CHIATOVICH'S MILL AT SILVER PEAK
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE INFORMATION FROM RECORD NUMBER M232119, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.
Comment (Development): 200 TONS OF FREE-MILLING GOLD ORE WAS WORKED IN 1892-93 AT CHIATOVICH'S MILL AT SILVER PEAK. CLAIM WAS PATENTED TO THE MOHAWK-ALPINE MINING CO. IN ABOUT 1905, AND WAS AMONG THE CLAIMS SOLD TO THE PITTSBURG SILVER PEAK GOLD MINING CO. IN 1906, WHO MINED THE PROPERTY FROM 1906-1915. IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPERTIES MINED BY BLACK MAMMOTH IN 1929-1941.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ LENSES
References
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES: NO. 8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., STEWART, J.H., 1972, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 78, P. 71.
Reference (Production): SPURR, J.E. (1906) P. 57
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, USGS 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.
