The Bumblebee-Grey Horse Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.47611, -118.11389
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Bumblebee-Grey Horse Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bumblebee-Grey Horse Prospect
Secondary: Bumble Bee
Secondary: Grey Horse #1
Secondary: #2
Secondary: Grey Horse
Secondary: Kingstone
Secondary: Triangle Fraction Patented Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Wonder District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Nevada Wonder Mining And Milling Co. New Era Mining And Development Co,
Years: 1912 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): SOUTH AND SE OF DICKEY PEAK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): SURVEYED IN 1908 (MS #3424), PATENTED IN 1912, AT WHICH TIME CLAIMS WERE OWNED BY THE NEVADA WONDER MINING AND MILLING CO.
References
Reference (Deposit): CHURCHILL COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS.
Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS.
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.
