The Soda Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,051 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: 7,051 Feet (2,149 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.78583, -117.71472
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Soda Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Soda Mine
Secondary: Soda Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865)
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BEST ORE ASSAYED $40/TON (1906 PRICES)
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1/4 MILE DUE WEST OF TARANTULA SPRING. UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): SMALL LENSES OF QUARTZ
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E.(1906) USGS PROF. PAPER NO. 55.
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES, NO. 8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY,NEVADA.
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.
