The April Fool Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,178 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,178 Feet (2,188 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.53778, -117.06750
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April Fool Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: April Fool Mine
Secondary: April Fool and Tip-Top Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Seyler-Humphrey Mining Co.
Years: 1924 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
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: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT ADIT WITH 400 FT OF DRIFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND SHALLOW ADITS. 3 TUNNELS ON WEST SIDE OF HILL
Comment (Production): PRODUCED BETWEEN 1906-1915. AMOUNT UNKNOWN MINE WAS PRODUCING 2 TONS PER DAY OF $60/TON ORE IN 1959.
Comment (Geology): RICH ORE WAS VERY SHALLOW IN 1-5 TON POCKETS
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 125
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 154-156.
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.
