The Sol's Grub Stake is a gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Sol's Grub Stake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sol's Grub Stake
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3884
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Chalk 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
Owner Name: Sol Resnick
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3884 CHIPPED FROM CONTACT ZONE CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.3% MG, 2% CA, 0.3% TI, 500 PPM MN, 20 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 10 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 700 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST N OF HIGHWAY 50 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): SOL'S GRUBSTAKE CLAIM STAKED NOV, 1985 OVER EARLIER GRUBSTAKE #1 STAKED 8/5/81. UNKNOWN COMMODITY PROSPECTED.
Comment (Deposit): CONTACT ZONE WITH SOME SILICIFIED CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ WITH YELLOW OXIDES
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 23 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, 1986, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.
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.
