Gingerload

The Gingerload is a gold, silver, zinc, lead, and copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,249 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Gingerload

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Osmium
Tertiary: Rhodium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Crescent 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

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

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: VEINS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Supergene Enrichment To At Least 25 M

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 7 SAMPLES RANGED FROM 52-659 PPB PT, 2.4-115 PPM AU, 101-1,700 PPM AG. PD:PT=1:100?

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Iridosmine
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ON NORTH FLANK OF CRESCENT PEAK

Comment (Development): ECONOMIC CONCENTRATIONS OF HYPOGENE PLATINOIDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE FOUND

Comment (Deposit): STOCKWORK OF VEINS

Comment (Workings): DEEPEST WORKINGS ARE 25 M BELOW SURFACE

Comment (Geology): SPORADIC HIGH PGE VALUES ARE THOUGHT DUE TO SUPERGENE CONCENTRATION PHENOMENA. STOCK UNDERLYING CRESCENT PEAK HAS BEEN OF INTEREST AS A PORPHYRY COPPER EXPLORATION TARGET. COUNTRY ROCKS ARE PROTEROZOIC METAMORPHIC ROCKS

References

Reference (Deposit): LECHLER, P.J., AND HSU, L.C., 1988, REVIEW OF HYDROTHERMAL PLATINUM-GROUP METAL DEPOSITS WITH NEW DATA FROM NEVADA: PREPRINT FOR AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS MEETING, 7 P.

Reference (Deposit): LECHLER, P.J., 1988, A NEW PLATINUM-GROUP-ELEMENT DISCOVERY AT CRESCENT PEAK, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-1, 4 P.

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.