The Section 24 Shaft is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Section 24 Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 24 Shaft
Secondary: NBMG # 4252
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Mount Grant
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
Form: FISSURE VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Whitish-Tan,Hydrothermallly Altered Meta-Sediments Silicified Gouge
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): THE ROAD WAS BUILT TO THE EAST OF THE MAIN NORTH-SOUTH ROAD TO WORK THESE PROPERTIES.
Comment (Workings): A SINGLE SHAFT AND PROSPECTS
Comment (Geology): THE MINERALIZATION IS RESTRICTED TO QUARTZ STRINGERS AND CONSISTS OF COPPER OXIDES AND SULFIDES WITH POSSIBLE GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): THESE WORKINGS MAY HAVE PRODUCED SOME ORE BUT THEY DO NOT FIT ANY OF THE KNOWN PROPERTY DESCRIPTIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNT GRANT MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISITS SITE 6-27-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
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.
