The 4 D Claims is a uranium, gold, and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 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
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.21167, -118.39333
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4 D Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: 4 D Claims
Secondary: Cinderella Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star
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: Homer E. And Mildred G. Behm
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SML VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE RANGE: 6.67 PPM TO 714 PPM
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 1.5 MI. EAST OF DEFENDER MINE
Comment (Commodity): OLD GOLD/SILVER PROSPECT
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: MR 2 X BACKGROUND IN NEWER SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): 20 TO 30 TIMES BG
Comment (Workings): INCLINE ON STEEP N 75 E STRUCTURE OPEN CUTS, GENTLE INCLINE 100 FT LONG, AND 50 FOOT SHAFT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL SMALL QTZ. VEINS STRIKE N 30 TO 40 W; STEEP DIP
References
Reference (Deposit): DURHAM, D. L., FELMLEE, J. K., 1980 , NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, WALKER LAKE QUAD., CALIF. AND NEV., UNPUBL. REPORT
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.
