The Old West Mining Claim 1-30 is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Old West Mining Claim 1-30 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old West Mining Claim 1-30
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Granite
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Utility Construction Co. Glenn Taylor, E. Ely Newk Claims=Noranda
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): NUMEROUS PROSPECTS & ADITS IN PROSPECT MTN QTZITE.
Comment (Workings): RECENT FLAGGINGS & CLAIM POSTS.
Comment (Geology): PROSPECT MTN QTZITE OUTCROPS ON N FACING SLOPE IN VICINITY OF PROSPECTS & ADITS. THE CLEAN QTZITE IS PINKISH, FINE GRAINED & CONTAINS A FEW COARSE GRAINED PEBBLES, (PINKISH). A QTZ VEIN IS EXPOSED ON SOUTH SIDE OF LOWEST CAVED ADIT. VEIN STRIKES N-S IS IN PART BRECCIATED & IN EXCESS OF 5FT WIDE. VEIN MATERIAL IS OF WHITE MASSIVE QTZ WITH A SPRINKLING OF SULFIDES (PYRITE) WHICH ARE MOSTLY OXIDIZED.
References
Reference (Deposit): OBSERVATION
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.
