The Bruner Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,850 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: 6,850 Feet (2,088 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.08333, -117.80000
Map: View on Google Maps
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Bruner Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bruner Mine
Secondary: Phonolite Silent Friend Group Climes: Lucky Tiger
Secondary: Annex Extension
Secondary: Bruner
Secondary: Silent Friend
Secondary: Aure
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bruner District
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: Golden Eagle Mining And Milling Co.
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
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Sado
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Flow Banding In Rhyolite Is Parallel To Crush Or Breccia Zone At One Place.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 19.300000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Geology): NARROW VERY SPARSE VEINLETS OF COMB QUARTZ AND CHALCEDONY CUT INTRUSIVE TERTIARY RHYOLITE. A DISTINCTIVE LT SALMONCOLORED CHALCEDONIC VEIN MATTER WAS ALSO NOTED. QUARTZ PSEUDOMORPHOUS AFTER LAMELLAR CALCITE IS LOCALLY PRESENT. MINERALIZATION IS SPARSE.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS AND ONE ADIT.SEVERAL PITS,BULLDOZER WORK
References
Reference (Deposit): MIRAMAR MINING CORP, 1992
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE,L.J.,1981,FIELD EXAMINATION OF 06 AUG,1981.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
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.
