The B.C.H. Minerals Co. Property is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.02583, -117.28194
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B.C.H. Minerals Co. Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: B.C.H. Minerals Co. Property
Secondary: Moonlight and Sunlight Patented Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Platinum
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: B. C. H. Minerals Co., Inc. , President William J. Clifford.
Years: 1972 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Intrusive Rhyolite Plug
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA (1991); SOURCE MAY BE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE OR UNPUB. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES DOCUMENT
Comment (Development): 1972 NEWS ARTICLE STATED THAT THE 250 TPD MILL WAS NEARING COMPLETION-GOLD PROCESSING PLANT.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN LOCATED IN SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Deposit): THE BCH OPERATION WAS STRICTLY A PROMOTION BASED ON A PROCESS WHICH WOULD SUPPOSEDLY EXTRACT PT FROM THE ALTERED RHYOLITE PLUG. THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN EXPLORED FOR AU-AG IN THE PAST, BUT ITS HISTORY IS UNKNOWN ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPEARS TO BE ON MOONLIGHT-SUNLIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): EUREKA SENTINEL, FEB 16, 1972, NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, FIELD EXAMINATION, 1972
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1921, THE DIVIDE SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1920: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 715-K, P. 162.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 78, P. 65-66.
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.
