The Bay City Claim Group is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,550 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,550 Feet (1,082 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.47556, -114.96083
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Bay City Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bay City Claim Group
Secondary: Four Unpatented Code Claims Bay City
Secondary: Bay City No. 1
Secondary: Berkeley
Secondary: Virginian
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Searchlight
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Rugen, O. N.
Owner Name: E. P. Jones And A. C. Calkins
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Physiographic Detail: New Berry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY RESULTS WERE REPORDIED AT $47.00 1 TON
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): TOTAL PRODUCTION OF $1,000 IN 1936.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN IN ANDESITE NEAR CONTACT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 SHAFT AND MINOR SURFACE PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COY NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 62, P. 200.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, OPEN FILE DATA NO. 33, ITEM NO. 5.
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.
