Burro Claims

The Burro Claims is a lead mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,732 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

Name: Burro Claims

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 5,732 Feet (1,747 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 37.96167, -117.43722

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Burro Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Burro Claims


Commodity

Primary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENS, TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE CONSISTS OF 5-6 M OF CRUSHED ROCK. SILICIFIED ZONES ALONG FAULT CONTAIN PYRITE. ONE 0.5-M-THICK LENS OF WHITE QUARTZ CONTAINS SOME GALENA WITH CERUSSITE.

Comment (Workings): DOZER CUTS ON WEST SIDE OF PAYMASTER CANYON


References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY,J.V., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78

Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 1983


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.