The S Area is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,479 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: 5,479 Feet (1,670 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.43333, -119.39167
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S Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: S Area
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Ramsey
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
Owner Name: Asamera Minerals (U. S.), Inc.
Years: 1991 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1988
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic, Silicification, Hydrothermal, Adularia, Sericite
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: WEAK: SB AS HG GEOHEM. ANOMALY
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SCOTT CLARK, DOING A M. SC. AT UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO ON THIS SITE, 208-882-1089 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): AG NOTED IN JOHN AND SHERLOCK (1991), BUT ASAMERA DENIED HAVING AG AT THIS SITE (MORROW, 1991).
Comment (Development): 216 SHALLOW DRILL HOLES, USUALLY <100 FT, DRILLED. PROPERTY IS DRILLED OFF, BUT NOT ECONOMIC ACCORDING TO ED MORROW. ; ECON.COM: TOO SMALL AND LOW GRADE TO BE ECONOMIC FOR ASAMERA. ASAMERA DELINEATED 400,000 TONS GRADING 0.02 OZ/TON AU, WHICH THEY DID NOT CONSIDER TO BE RESOURCES (MORROW, 1991). GARSIDE WAS TOLD OF GRADES FROM 0.04 TO 0.07 OZ/TON AU AT DEPTHS TO 40 FT. IN ONE PLACE AND 200' IN ANOTHER.
Comment (Deposit): ASAMERA SAID THAT THIS IS A SURFACE OCCURRENCE IN WHICH MOST OF THE DEPOSIT MAY HAVE BEEN ERODED OFF. DEPOSIT HAS FLAT BOTTOM, BUT NOT THRUST (LM).
Comment (Workings): 216 DRILL HOLES, BULLDOZER CUTS (LM)
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHN, D. A., AND SHERLOCK, M.G., 1991, MAP SHOWING MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE RENO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA, USGS MF-2154-B, SITE #K8
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L., 1991, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES, 18 NOV 1988, NBMG
Reference (Deposit): MORROW, ED, ORAL COMMUNICATION, 8 OCT/91, ASAMERA MINERALS US, INC.
Reference (Deposit): MCMASTER, LARRY, 1991, ORAL COMMUNICATION, 11 OCT/91
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.
