The Simmerone Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.71472, -117.20167
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Simmerone Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Simmerone Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Goldfield Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPELIKE
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Dacite Strikes North And Dips 45 W.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE VALUE AT $5,000 WAS PRODUCED
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50 FT SHAFT AND A 110 FT INCLINE SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLD FIELD, NEVADA: USGS PP 66, P. 244
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.
