The Nevada Workings Workings is a gold, lead, and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Nevada Workings Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nevada Workings Workings
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Delamar (Ferguson) District (Ferguson) District
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Abundant Normal Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): AREA UNSURVEYED . ON RIDGE ABOUT 700 FT W OF USMM NO. 2 . ON RIDGE ABOUT 700 FT W OF USMM NO. 2
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS NOT LISTED IN THE LITERATURE
Comment (Production): ORE ASSAYED $12.80/TON (1937), WITH .6 OZ AU, 8 OZ AG/TON AND 13% PB.
Comment (Workings): VEIN EXPLORED BY 2 DRIFTS. PLAN OF THE WORKINGS AVAILABLE IN CALLAGHAN, 1937 . LOWER TUNNEL TRENDS S10W FOR 500 FT. UPPER TUNNEL IS 50 FT HIGHER AND CONSISTS OF A CROSSCUT 150 FT LONG TO A DRIFT EXTENDING 200 FT TO THE NORTH AND 300 FT TO THE SOUTH. THE 2 SHAFTS ARE ON THE SLOPE ABOUT 80 FT ABOVE THE UPPER TUNNEL.. LOWER TUNNEL TRENDS S10W FOR 500 FT. UPPER TUNNEL IS 50 FT HIGHER AND CONSISTS OF A CROSSCUT 150 FT LONG TO A DRIFT EXTENDING 200 FT TO THE NORTH AND 300 FT TO THE SOUTH. THE 2 SHAFTS ARE ON THE SLOPE ABOUT 80 FT ABOVE THE UPPER TUNNEL.
Comment (Geology): ORE IS IN A VEIN OF QUARTZITE BRECCIA CEMENTED BY QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEV. NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1937, GEOLOGY OF THE DELAMAR DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO, NEV. NEV BUR MINES V. 31 NO. 5 P. 66
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.
