The Malefactor Claims is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.06056, -114.61778
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Malefactor Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Malefactor Claims
Secondary: Malefactor Claims 2
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Bristol-Jackrabbit 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: Thomas Grover
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Western Fault; Eastern Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS ARE ALONG A BELT OF IRON-STAINED BRECCIA STRIKING N15W, 20 50 FT WIDE. BRECCIA OCCCURS ABOUT ALONG STRIKE OF THE WESTERN FAULT. THE EASTERN FAULT ZONE IS REPRESENTED BY A BRECCIA ABOUT 0.25 MILE EAST OF THE CLAIMS. SILICEOUS FLOAT THAT CARRIES RESIDUAL GALENA, STAINED WITH YELLOW, EARTHY CERUSSITE AND OCCASIONALLY BY COPPER CARBONATES, INDICATING SOME FAIR-SIZED QUARTZ VEINS PROBABLY OCCUR IN THE YELLOWISH, SHALEY LIMESTONE BETWEEN THE TWO FAULT ZONES.
Comment (Location): A MILE SOUTH OF THE HOME RUN MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE AS OF 1913
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, USGS BULL 648, P. 136
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.
