Brougher-Divide Mining Co. Property

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

Name: Brougher-Divide Mining Co. Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.