The Gold Seam Mine is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Gold Seam Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Seam Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Divide 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
Not available
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: San Antonio Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faults.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, ONE (WITH HEAD FRAME) 20-50 M DEEP, SECOND POSSIBLY 75-100 M, SEVERAL SMALL PITS
Comment (Geology): VEIN MATERIAL SEEN ON THE DUMPS; A LITTLE DRUSY QUARTZ IN FRACTURES. THE TWO SHAFTS LIE ALONG A N40E TREND, WHICH COULD BE CONSISTANT WITH SOME ALTERED FAULT TRENDS IN THE AREA.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 9 JUL 82
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR. AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1979, NBMG BULL 92.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR. AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, NBMG BULL 96.
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.
