Oriental Mine

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

Name: Oriental Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

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

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available


Production

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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

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

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Alterations

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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

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Materials

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.