The Hornsilver May Co. Shaft is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.34583, -117.37306
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Hornsilver May Co. Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hornsilver May Co. Shaft
Secondary: May
Secondary: May Fraction
Secondary: Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime Point) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Hornsilver May Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1921
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AT SURFACE ASSAYS $4.28 IN AU AND AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): 2 CLAIMS, 27 ACRES. UTM IS TO ONE CENTRAL SHAFT OF SEVERAL ON THE PROPERTY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN EARLY 1920'S
Comment (Deposit): 2 WELL-DEFINED, PERSISTENT VEINS
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, 50 AND 70 FT DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO; RENO, NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV., P. 1225.
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.
