The New Alto Divide Mining Company Property. is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.99556, -117.23222
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New Alto Divide Mining Company Property. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Alto Divide Mining Company Property.
Secondary: Alto Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Divide (Gold Mountain) District
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: New Alto Divide Mining Co.; J. Mayer, President-Manager
Years: 1923 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Potassic, Phyllic And Propylitic, Zoned Around Fractures And Faults
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN MATERIAL AVERAGED $8.60/TON, MAINLY IN SILVER (1922)
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN 1923, FORMED IN 1921 TO TAKE OVER HOLDINGS OF ALTO DIVIDE MINING CO. (UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AS EAST DIVIDE MINING CO.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): 400-FT SHAFT, BEGUN IN 1919, WITH ALL LATERAL WORK ON 400-FT LEVEL. A 190-FT CROSSCUT TO EAST EXPOSED VEIN
Comment (Location): 4 CLAIMS EAST OF THE TONOPAH DIVIDE MINE; 70+ ACRES . UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923,
Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 124.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 92, P. 121-128
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1920, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, P. 1125.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL. XV, P. 1290.
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.
