The Imperial Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Imperial Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Imperial Mine
Secondary: Imperial
Secondary: Imperial Nos. 1-14
Secondary: Imperial Fraction
Secondary: Helen
Secondary: Helen Nos. 1-4 Claims
Secondary: Helen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Railroad Springs 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: Imperial Development Co. Inc.
Years: 1934 - 1935
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CONSIDERED AS FALLOUT SHELTER SITE, 1967-68(?) ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ORE BLOCKED OUT ON MINE MAPS IN ABOUT 1934.
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE SHAFTS, DRIFTS, STOPES, OPEN CUTS, RAISES, TUNNELS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): IMPERIAL DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD., 1934-1935, UNPUBLISHED MAPS AND ASSAYS; NBMG FILE 99, ITEM
Reference (Reserve-Resource): IMPERIAL DEV. CO. INC., 1934.
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.
