The Audrey Placer Claim is a sulfur and silica mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Sulfur, Silica
Lat, Long: 37.53694, -117.20944
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Audrey Placer Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Audrey Placer Claim
Commodity
Primary: Sulfur
Primary: Silica
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Cuprite 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: Brookside Quarries, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sulfur
Comments
Comment (Commodity): CLEAN WHITE SILICA RUNNING ABOUT 99% S1O2. CERAMIC GRADE
Comment (Workings): 375 FT OF DRIFTING, (4 FT X 6 FT AND 5X7) 2 GLORY HOLES, SHAFT, RAISES, BULLDOZER TRENCHES
Comment (Location): 13 MILES SOUTH OF GOLDFIELD, 0.75 MILE FROM HGWY 95. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): 60 ACRES. OVER 100,000 TONS ORE BLOCKED OUT WITH LIGHT OVERBURDEN OF 24-48 IN OF RUBBLE AND DIRT. PROBABLY OVER 850000 TONS PRESENT
References
Reference (Deposit): GRAHAM, W.H., (NO DATE) UNTITLED, UNDATED REPORT ON THE AUDREY PLACER; NBMG FILE 86 ITEM 2
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.
