The Aqua Claim is a gold mine located in Douglas county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Aqua Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aqua Claim
Secondary: Bc #3 Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site # 4426
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Buckskin
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEIN EXPOSURES HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY PROSPECTED BY BULLDOZING AND CONSIST OF QUARTZ WITH GRAY-BLACK WISPS OF PYRITE.
Comment (Workings): OLDER WORKINGS, SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS WITH RECENT TRENCHES AND DOZER CUTS. SHALLOW SHAFTS ADJACENT TO CHERT OUTCROPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 4426 VISIT, JULY 12, 1989
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.
