Auld Lang Syne Mine

The Auld Lang Syne Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,135 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Auld Lang Syne Mine
Secondary: Lang Syne
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2347

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Sierra District; Dun Glen 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: Moses Reinhardt ; Golden Sierra Mining And Exploration, Inc.
Years: 1936 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1936
Discovery Year: 1936
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults And Fracture Zones

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Andesite

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2347, GRAB OF VEIN QUARTZ MATTER WITH LIMONITE GOSSAN SPECKS AND CLOTS, CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.05 % MG, 0.05 -% TI, 150 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 15 PPM CR,- 20 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 5000 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 500 PPM ZN, 50 PP-M ZR, AND 0.9 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INFORMATION INCLUDES ENTIRE DISTRICT

Comment (Deposit): MILKY, MASSIVE TO VERY SLIGHTLY DRUSY QUARTZ VEINS CUT IRON-STAINED META-RHYOLITE (?) OF THE TRIASSIC KOIPATO GROU-P. THE FOOTWALL OF THE VEIN ZONE IS A 4 M WIDE GRANODIORITE DI-KE. THE VEINS ARE 10-50 CM (LOCALLY TO 1 M) WIDE EACH AND OCCU-R IN A ZONE ABOUT 15 M WIDE. THE ZONE AND MANY VEINS WITHIN IT- TREND DUE NORTH, DIP 65-70 E. ONLY LIMONITE BOXWORKS AND GOSS-AN ARE NOTED IN THE VEIN MATTER, AND THE VEINS RESEMBLE THOSE -AT THE AUBURN MINE. NO SULFIDE MINERALS WERE NOTED. RECENT EXP-LORATION WORK HAS BEEN FOR DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSIT.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.

Comment (Workings): ADITS, TUNNELS, GLORY HOLES STOPED TO SURFACE; ADITS WITH CAVED PORTALS (1984); SOME PLACERING

Comment (Geology): VEIN ZONE IS 100 FT. WIDE AND CONTAINS 4 PARALLEL VEINS AVERAGING 2 1/2 FT. WIDE. VEIN MATERIAL IS HARD, WHITE QUARTZ IN SILICIFIED ANDESITE.

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL TUNNELS, TOTAL LENGTH OF WORKINGS AROUND 2,000 FEET. GOLD AND SILVER REPORTEDLY MINED FROM SEVERAL ADITS STOPED TO SURFACE TO FORM 100 FT-WIDE GLORY HOLE. BEST VALUES WERE OBTAINED WITHIN 75 FT. OF SURFACE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Development): CURRENT PROPERTY COVERS MORE THAN 1313 ACRES INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF 30 NEW LODE CLAIMS AND 8 PLACER CLAIMS. IN -1983-84, NEGOTIATIONS TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY WERE UNDERWAY WI-TH AN UNNAMED PARTY. IF AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED, DRILLING WAS- TO BEGIN IN 1984 ON THIS DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSIT. IT WAS ON- HOLD AWAITING FINANCING IN 1984, BUT NO ACTIVITY WAS NOTED DU-RING 1984 NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION.

Comment (Location): NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 12

References

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NOTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGIC SURVEY 1955-61, V.I., SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISO; P. 88

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 28 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): MINESEARCH ANNUAL, 1984-85, VOL VII, P. 13-14; METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, COLORADO.

Reference (Deposit): THE WALLACE MINER, 8/25/83.

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OFPERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6902

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.