The Otero Group is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Otero Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Otero Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
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 (Deposit): OTERO, OTERO NOS. 1-4 SHOW COMMON BOUNDARY WITH TIP TOP-KISMET. THIS PROPERTY WAS LOCATED IN 1905 AND 1907 BY JOHN SHEPARD AND AND OTHERS; RELEASED BY ROY FLETCHER IN 1948 AND THEN PURCHASED IN 1950 AND IS INCLUDED INTO THE TIP TOP-KISMET CLAIM GROUP. MINING/DEVELOPMENT/EXPLORATION HAS OCCURRED ALONG BORDERS OF BOTH PROPERTIES, AS WELL AS THE MANHATTAN GOLD MINE (SUNDAY, WILD FOX, & GRAY FOX CLAIMS) ADJACENT AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE OTERO GROUP. SEE TIP TOP-KISMET GROUP FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION (0320230124).
References
Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 127.
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.
