Stone Claim Shaft

The Stone Claim Shaft is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,249 feet.

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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: Stone Claim Shaft  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

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

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.