The Stone Claim Shaft is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,249 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.51583, -118.73722
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Stone Claim Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stone Claim Shaft
Secondary: Rambler Group
Secondary: Part of Gold Crown Group?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Farrell District; Stone House District; Seven Troughs District (Northern Part)
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
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization Of Andesite In Shear Zone
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE IN ARGILLIZED ANDESITE; NO OBVIOUS MINERALIZATION ON DUMP.
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984. THIS MAY BE THE "MEYERS FLOAT" LOCATION, WHERE RICH GOLD-BEARING FLOAT WAS FOUND, BUT NOT ITS SOURCE.
Comment (Workings): DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT, CAVED ADIT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1972, HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA-SEVEN TROUGHS, NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 6 JUN 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.
