The Olympic Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.60806, -117.89250
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Olympic Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Olympic Mine
Secondary: Omco
Secondary: Royal George Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bell 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: Olympic Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: N20w. Post-Mineral Faults Cut Vein
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Electrum
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): VALUES CHIEFLY IN AU
Comment (Geology): THE OLYMPIC VEIN OCCURS IN RHYOLITE AND TRACHYTE COVERED IN PLACES WITH TUFF. VEIN FILLING CONSISTS OF QUARTZ AND MORE OR LESS SILICIFIED RHYOLITE. THE QUARTZ SHOWS EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN DERIVED FROM THE REPLACEMENT OF CALCITE. RHYOLITE AND TRACHYTE FLOWS UNDERLIE THE LAKE BEDS OF THE ESMERALDA FM.
Comment (Development): MOST ACTIVE FROM 1918 TO 1931; SMALL RESURGENCE FROM 1937 TO 1939
Comment (Deposit): VEIN 1 TO 7 FEET THICK, AVERAGING 4 FEET AND CONSISTS OF QUARTZ AND SILICIFIED RHYOLITE. VEIN DIPS 40W AND FLATTENS AT DEPTH AND REVERSES TO 25E. THE BEST ORE IS CHALKY IN APPEARANCE WITH NO SIGN OF MINERALIZATION. TO THE WEST THE VEIN HAS BEEN CUT BY A FAULT, AND THE DISPLACED SEGMENT HAS BEEN LOST OF ERODED. THE GOLD IS FINELY DIVIDED AND DISSEMINATED.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 225 FEET DEEP, INCLINED 43 DEGREES, WITH 3 LEVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1921, ORE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 725-H
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISH. CO.
Reference (Deposit): SIEBERT, FRED J., 1917, NEVADA'S LATEST GOLD DISTRICT; MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS MARCH 1917.
Reference (Production): ROSS, D. C., 1961, TABLE 6.1
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.
