The Paramount Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.5625, -114.87389
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Paramount Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paramount Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Spruce Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: 2 Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Lead
Comments
Comment (Location): WRM FOOTHILL BELT
Comment (Development): 18 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): THE PARAMOUNT MINE PROPERTY (CLAIM GROUP) LIES IN THE FOOTHILL BELT OF LIMESTONE ON THE LOWER WESTERN FLANK OF THE SPRUCE MOUNTAIN. THE OLD PARAMOUNT SHAFT ON THE PARAMOUNT NO. 7 CLAIM IS 200 FT DEEP; IT HAS PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE ORE THAT RAN 40% LEAD, 15 OZ SILVER, AND $5. IN GOLD PER TON, WITH A LITTLE COPPER. THE ORE OCCURS AT AN INTERSECTION OF 2 VEINS THAT DIP 60 N AND 80 NW. THE PARAMOUNT MINE (18 CLAIMS). ORE BODIES OCCUR IN FISSURE AND BEDDED DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE AND AT A LIMESTONE PORPHYRY CONTACT. THE CHICAGO, OHIO, AND CEDAR CLAIM GROUPS ARE IN THIS GROUPING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ORE RAN 40% PB; 15 OZ/T AG; $5.00/TON AU, SMALL AMOUNT COPPER
Comment (Deposit): INTERSECTION OF 2 FAULT-VEINS, ALSO NEAR LIMESTONE/PORPHYRY CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 200 FT. DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1931, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, U. OF N. BULL, VOL. XXV, NO. 7
Reference (Deposit): MINES REGISTER 1937
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C., (1931) P. 24.
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.
