The Oriental Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.27083, -117.26861
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Oriental Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oriental Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tokop (Oriental Wash, Gold Mountain, Bonnie Claire) 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1871
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): SMALL INCLINED SHAFTS
Comment (Development): DISTRICT DISCOVERED BY SHAW IN 1866. ORE FROM THE ORIENTAL MINE WAS WORKED IN AN ARRASTRA. THE ORIENTAL YIELDED SOME OF THE RICHEST GOLD FOUND IN NEVADA IN THE 1800'S, AND SPECIMENS WERE DISPLAYED AT THE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1876. IT WAS ABANDONED AFTER A FEW YEARS, THEN REVIVED, AND A POST OFFICE SERVED THE TOWN FROM 1887 TO 1900.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Production): AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1936, NBMG BULL 27, P. 83.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1907, USGS BULL 303, P. 83.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): PAHER, STANLEY, 1970, NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS: HOWELL-NORTH BOOKS, SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
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.
