The Centennial Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Centennial Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Centennial Mine
Secondary: Old Centennial Mine
Secondary: Hornsilver Claim
Secondary: Summit Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lida (Alida) District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Lessees-Butte Boys Consolidated Mines Co. Of Goldfield
Years: 1909 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS RAN 24% CU, $4.60 AU, 176 OZ AG IN 1909.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS. IN 1909, THERE WAS AN 82-FT SHAFT WITH A 69-FT CROSSCUT AT THE BOTTOM, AND DRIFTING ON THE MAIN LEDGE.
Comment (Location): AT LIDA, 2 CLAIMS COVERING 40 ACRES. (6 CLAIMS IN 1909), 3 MILES WEST OF LIDA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): ABOUT $125,000 WORTH OF ORE WAS TAKEN OUT OF SHALLOW WORKINGS (LESS THAN 35 FT) BY PRIMITIVE MINING METHODS IN EARLY DAYS
Comment (Deposit): THE MAIN LEDGE IS INTERSECTED 300 FT WEST OF THE SHAFT BY 2 LARGE VEINS RICH IN CU AND PB, ALL OF WHICH MERGE WESTERLY: ANOTHER AU-AG ORE BODY WAS BEING DEVELOPED 500 FT WEST OF THE SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): SINCLAIR, J., 1912, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 3.
Reference (Deposit): ROOT, W.A., 1909, "THE LIDA MINING DISTRICT OF NEVADA;" MINING WORLD, VOL. 31, P. 123-125.
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.
