The Patience Claims is a copper, silver, gold, and barium-barite mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 37.75917, -117.80500
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Patience Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Patience Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Strontium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District; (Red Mountain Subdistrict)
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: Sunshine Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE FROM SHAFT DUMP AND DOZER CUT SHOWED ANDMALOUS AU (4.2 PPM), AG (700 PPM), HG, MN, AS, BA, CU, SR, WITH MINOR PB, ZN, B, AND BE
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Workings): OLD SHAFT, DOZER CUTS AND RECENT DRILLING SITES
Comment (Deposit): VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTS OF AN FE-MN-STAINED, VUGGY, GOSSAN-LIKE, SILICA-RICH MATRIX WITH BRECCIATION NEAR THE MARGINS AND INTO THE WALLROCK.
Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE ON FAIR TO GOOD DIRT ROADS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NEW STAKING (1984)
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 5-20-84
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.
