The Oppes #9 is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.5375, -117.77167
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Oppes #9 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oppes #9
Secondary: Entire Name On Claim Notice Is Illegible
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Windypah (Fesler) 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CLAIM NOTICE NOT CLEAR; ONLY LAST PORTION OF NAME (OPPES) IS LEGIBLE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): WIDE BRECCIATED WHITE QUARTZ VEIN COMPOSED OF ANGULAR AND SUBROUNDED WHITE QUARTZ FRAGMENTS CEMENTED IN WHITE QUARTZ MATRIX. VEIN CAN BE TRACED BY PROMINENT SILICIFIED OUTCROPS. ZONE HAS CU OX-, MNO-FEOX
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, STOPES; 3 INCLINE SHAFTS ALONG STRIKE OF VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON AUGUST 1982
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.
