The Serpent Claim is a gold and lead mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.04111, -114.41639
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Serpent Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Serpent Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Osceola
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne-N Trending Steep Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BEST ORE ASSAYED $400/TON IN 1908
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): COARSE GOLD WAS OBSERVED ON EXPOSED FACES OF THE VEIN. CONSIDERABLE LEAD ORE WAS FOUND IN A VEIN PARALLEL TO THE LOWER TUNNEL VEIN.
Comment (Workings): HAS TWO TUNNELS 50 AND 80 FT IN LENGTH. THE UPPER TUNNEL IS IN LIMESTONE, STRIKES N 30 DEG E DIPS 45 DEG NW. THE LOWER TUNNEL IS 25 FT BELOW THE UPPER TUNNEL AND HAS A DIRECTION OF S 80 DEG E. VEIN IS 6-8 INCHES IN WIDTH AND DIPS 25 SW.
References
Reference (Deposit): WEEKS, F.B., 1908 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE OSCEOLA MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO., NEV. U.S. GEOL. BULL. 340
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR BLM.
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.
