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X-Ray Mine

The X-Ray Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,680 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: X-Ray Mine

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation: 6,680 Feet (2,036 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 39.4819, -117.07560

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X-Ray Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: X-Ray Mine
Secondary: Taft and Asley Incline
Secondary: Camillus
Secondary: Congress Independent
Secondary: Silliman
Secondary: Eclipse
Secondary: Ace Claims
Secondary: Trina Claims
Secondary: Littrell Vein
Secondary: Camargo

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

Owner Name: Austin Resources Inc. - Gabor Nagy
Info Year: 1990

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 (Names): CAMARGO MINE (PATENT) (0320150540) IS INCLUDED WITH THIS MINERAL PROPERTY FILE.

References

Reference (Deposit): TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUTAINS: HOUSE OF

Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R.W., 1870, MINES AND MINING IN THE STATES AND

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, 1915, P. 102, PLATE XI.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 997, 1953, P. 112-113.

Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F. AND CAPRENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND

Reference (Deposit): REPRESENTATIVES, 38TH CONGRESS, P. 84.

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: HOUSE OF

Reference (Deposit): NO. 207, P. 130.

Reference (Deposit): BROWNE, J.R., AND TAYLOR, J.W., 1867, REPORTS UPON THE

Reference (Deposit): REPRESENTATIVES, 41ST CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, EX. DOC.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BULLETIN, VOL. 38, NO. 4, P. 79.

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): UNIVERSITY OF

Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.