Section 31 Shaft

The Section 31 Shaft is a gold mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.

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

Name: Section 31 Shaft  

State:  Nevada

County:  Carson City

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.12611, -119.66861

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Section 31 Shaft MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Section 31 Shaft
Secondary: NBMG # 3661


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Delaware


Land Status

Not available


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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): A SHALLOW SHAFT AND PROSPECT

Comment (Location): THE AREA IN GENERAL IS THE SITE OF TRASH DUMPING WHICH APPEARS TO BE AN ON-GOING PROBLEM IN AND AROUND BRUNSWICK CANYON

Comment (Geology): A SMALL QUARTZ VEIN IS HOSTED IN A RECRYSTALLIZED VOLCANIC TUFF OF TRIASSIC AGE.


References

Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5 -12-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)


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.