The Brougher-Divide Mining Co. Property is a silver and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.00056, -117.24500
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Brougher-Divide Mining Co. Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brougher-Divide Mining Co. Property
Secondary: Anchor
Secondary: Leland Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Divide (Gold Mountain) Mining 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Brougher Divide Mining Co.; E. B. Brougher, President
Years: 1923 -
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: Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic, Zoned Around Fractures And Fault Zones
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $24/TON ORE CUT IN 1918
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 500 FT SHAFT, 296 FT WINZE (1923), RAISES, TRENCHES, CROSSCUTS
Comment (Location): 72 ACRES NORTH OF THE TONOPAH DIVIDE MINE; 7 CLAIMS. UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982
Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN 1923
References
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, NV.
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1921, US.GS BULL. 715-K.
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. 1130.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1154-1155.
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED CLAIM MAP OF DIVIDE DISTRICT, ON FILE AT NBMG.
Reference (Production): BONHAM AND GARSIDE, 1979, P. 125
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.
