Orleans Mine

The Orleans Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,420 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Orleans Mine
Secondary: Later Part of Ohio Mines Corp.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

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: Orleans-Hornsilver Mining Co
Years: 1923 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGE ASSAYS $21/TON (1918). 3-6 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN EARLY 1920'S; ONE OF THE LARGER MINES OF THE DISTRICT. RESERVES OF 15,000 TONS MILL ORE CLAIMED IN 1918. OWNED AND OPENED BY CHAMPS D'OR GOLD MINING CO. IN 1912.

Comment (Location): NE OF AND ADJACENT TO THE GREAT WESTERN PROPERTY. UTM IS TO ONE OF THE WORKINGS LOCATED ON THE 5 CLAIMS, 120 ACRES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Deposit): 2 ORE SHOOTS 500 FT APART ARE EXPOSED. DUNFEE SHOOT 130 FT LONG, 4-15 FT WIDE AVG. $30/TON

Comment (Workings): 200-FT. ORLEANS SHAFT; 580-FT. DUNFEE INCLINE SHAFT (40 DEGREES INCLINE)

References

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIII, P. 1093

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1298.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 308

Reference (Production): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, P. 74; WEED, W.H., 1918, P. 1093. WEED, W.H., 1922, P. 1298.

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.