The Ohio Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.64389, -117.71333
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Ohio Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ohio Mine
Secondary: Ohio, Scioto, Ajax, Sucker, Buckeye, and Pride of the Valley Claims
Secondary: Ohio Eagle
Secondary: Silver Wave
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2625.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Rebel Creek District (New Goldfield Mining District)
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1934
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Reg.Struct: Folding And Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal, Along Footwall, Especially
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VARIABLE, BUT 0.2 OZ AU AND/0 OZ AG/TON ARE COMMON. SAMPLE 2625 OF BRECCIATED WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH SPOTS CU OX STAIN, SPRAYS OF MALACHITE, SOME CHRYSOCOLLA, GALEN-A, PYRITE, CHALCOCITE, SPHALERITE AND NATIVE SILVER GLOBULES I-N MALACHITE, CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.005 % TI, 150 PPM MN, 700 PPM -AG, 2000 PPM AS, 5.9 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 15 PPM B, 10 PPM- BI, 700 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 2000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 700 PPM -ZN.
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): IN EAGLE CREEK
Comment (Production): SOME IN 1939. ESTIMATED $70000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION IN GOLD AND SILVER 1875-1893; 1939-1940.
Comment (Development): INACTIVE WHEN VISITED IN 1984, BUT RECENT DRILLING EVIDENT (1970'S)
Comment (Deposit): ADIT FOLLOWS ROLLING BUT FLAT-DIPPING CRUSHED QUARTZ VEIN IN PHYLLITIC SHALE. VEIN MATERIAL OCCURS AS PODS AND LEN-TICULAR MASSES ALONG WALLROCK FOLIATION. QUARTZ VEIN IS SHEARE-D AND FE-OX STAINED. DRIFT TRENDS N30W, SCHISTOSITY HERE IS FL-AT IN BACK BUT ROLLS TO ABOUT 35 NE ON RIGHT RIB. ONE-FOOT-THI-CK MASS OF VEIN QUARTZ ON THE HANGING WALL; ABOUT 0.5 FT ON TH-E FLOOR. SMALL AMOUNT OF STOPING UP DIP TO THE WEST.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: COMSTOCK EPITHERMAL VEIN.
Comment (Workings): STOPES, DRIFTS, PITS. ADITS DRIVEN NORTH INTO HILL, LARGE DUMPS; CAMP REMAINS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: VEIN VARIES FROM 3 TO OVER 10 FT. WIDE
Comment (Deposit): AW GROUP OF 6 PATENTED CLAIMS. MAIN VEIN WAS DEVELOPED 300 FT. ALONG STRIKE. AND 350 FT. DOWN DIP BY OPEN STOPES, DRIFTS AND PITS, WITH CONSIDERABLE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, J. A., 1934, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE OHIO MINE IN THE REBEL CREEK MINING DISTRICT, ON FILE AT THE NEV. BUREAU OF MINES ALONG WITH OTHER CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING THE OHIO MINE.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 19 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Production): CARPENTER, J. A., 1934.
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.
