The Grand Prize Patent, Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,959 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,959 Feet (2,121 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 39.485, -117.06110
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Grand Prize Patent, Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Prize Patent, Mine
Secondary: Snow Flake
Secondary: Canon and Canon No. 1 Claims
Secondary: Pine Oak Claim
Secondary: Ophir Mine
Secondary: Ophir Shaft
Secondary: Great Republic
Secondary: Penobscot
Secondary: Foster
Secondary: Brannan
Secondary: Humes Fraction
Secondary: Ophir
Secondary: Union Mine
Secondary: Union Fraction
Secondary: Empire State Claim
Secondary: Grizzly Claim
Secondary: Windy Claim
Secondary: Gold Breeze Claim
Secondary: Pearl Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River District
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
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NOTE: THIS IS THE SAME OPHIR MINE FOUND IN OPHIR CANYON WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS MURPHY MINE (0320230165). NOTE: THE UNION MINE (0320150005) INFORMATION IS KEPT IN THIS REPORT. ANOMALOUS ARSENIC
References
Reference (Deposit): REPRESENTATIVES, 38TH CONGRESS, P. 80-81.
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, HOUSE OF
Reference (Deposit): BROWNE, J.R., AND TAYLOR, J.W., 1867, REPORTS UPON THE
Reference (Deposit): PLATES 2, 4 AND 7.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, 1915, P. 102, PLATE XI.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 997, 1953, P. 103-105,
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.
