The Nippeno Mine is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada.
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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
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Nippeno Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nippeno Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Crescent
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. W. Wilson, Harry Trehearne ( 1937 )
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Normal Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE IS IN 3 NARROW VEINS A FEW INCHES TO 2 FEET THICK, AVERAGING 10 INCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1956 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IVANPAH QUAD., CALIF. AND NEVADA, USGS PROF. PAPER 275 P. 129 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 .
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO. US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 20 .
Reference (Production): LONGWELL ETAL
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.
