The Mabel Claims is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.29083, -117.26778
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Mabel Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mabel Claims
Secondary: Ouida Claim
Secondary: Gold Crest Mining G. Property
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1182, 1183
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tokop (Gold Mountain, Bonnie Claire) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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: Silicification Of Limestone
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.75 MILE S OF TOKOP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT HOLES, SHAFTS; 200 FT BY 20 FT TRENCH, SURFACE TRENCHES AND CUTS IN VICINITY; SHALLOW WORKINGS ACROSS DRAINAGE.
Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN 1907 RECENT SURFACE TRENCHING AND DOZING IN AREA (1983)
Comment (Deposit): WHITE VEIN QUARTZ HAS BEEN CRUSHED AND FRAGMENTS RECEMENTED BY HEMATITE AND LIMONITE. WORKINGS FOLLOW N-S CONTACT BETWEEN HIGHLY ALTERED INTRUSIVE QUARTZ MONZONITE, SYLVANIA PLUTON, AND LIMEY SILICEOUS METASEDIMENTS, FORMING AN EPIDOTE-GARNET TACTITE. ROCKS ARE CUT BY FE OXIDE-STAINED QUARTZ VEINS ALONG INTERSECTING HIGH-ANGLE FAULT/FRACTURE ZONES.
References
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, USGS BULL 308, P. 182-190
Reference (Deposit): SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 6 MAY 83
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.
