The Mincon Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 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
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.70667, -117.85694
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Mincon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mincon Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2669
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Sierra District; Dun Glen 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Development): INACTIVE WHEN EXAMINED IN 1985. SOME ORE WAS HAULED TO THE LITTLEJUPITER MILL SOUTH OF WINNEMUCCA IN THE LATE 1970'S
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF CREEK WEST OF NATCHEZ PASS . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS FOLLOW A N40E, 50-60 SE-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE IN META-VOLCANIC ROCKS; LADDER-LIKE QUARTZ VEINING ALONG SHEAR ZONE, VEINING HAS STRIKE PARALLEL TO SHEAR ZONE, BUT DIPS 40 NW. HEAVY IRON OXIDE-STAINING; LIMONITE-AFTER-PYRITE CASTS IN QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): ADIT, 2 OLD CAVED SHAFTS, SEVERAL CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 18 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.
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.
