The Grant Mountain Gold Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,481 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: 8,481 Feet (2,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.53694, -118.83417
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Grant Mountain Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grant Mountain Gold Mine
Secondary: Nylene Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Mount Grant
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Commodity): AU FAIRLY COARSE AND SHOWS ABRASION
Comment (Location): LAPON CANYON
Comment (Production): AVERAGE VALUE OF GROUND REPORTED TO BE 55 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD. LARGEST NUGGET HAD VALUE OF $30.00 . TOTAL PRODUCTION = $8,000
Comment (Workings): GOLD OCCURS IN CHANNEL THAT AVERAGES 40 FEET IN WIDTH AND 9 FEET IN DEPTH. 2 YARDS OF OVERBURDEN REMOVED FOR EACH YARD OF MATERIAL PUT THROUGH SLUICELODE GOLD OCCURS IN QUARTZ VIENS IN GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AU DERIVED FROM SERIES OF GASH VEINS IN GRANITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEV.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG W. O., 1937 , INFORMATION CIRCULAR RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEV.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J.(10/05/81)
Reference (Production): VANDERBURG ( 1937 - P 45 )
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.
