The Railroad Halloysite is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,399 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: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.5133, -116.01030
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Railroad Halloysite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Railroad Halloysite
Secondary: Alladin Mines
Commodity
Tertiary: Clay
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Exploration Mirandor Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1997
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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): MAY BE PART OF THE RAILROAD PROPERTY IN THE CARLIN TREND, CHECK OUT PROPERTY FILE 0320070062 AS WELL, ALSO INCLUDED IN THE RAILROAD PROPERTY. 7-23-97: A DRILL CAMPAIGN HAS BEGUN ON AREAS OF THE PROJECT WHERE AU AND ALTERATION IS KNOWN TO OCCUR AT OR NEAR SURFACE OR WHERE CARLIN TYPE AU STRUCTURES ARE PRESENT. THE RAILROAD PROJECT CONSISTS OF OVER 550 CLAIMS AND 15 SQUARE MILES OF FEE LANDS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS: NEV IND MIN (1973) P 14
Reference (Deposit): CLAY IN HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED QUARTZ PORPHYRIES
Reference (Deposit): "EXPLORATION MIRANDOR INC.-START UP OF ITS DRILL CAMPAIGN
Reference (Deposit): IN THE CARLIN TREND IN NEVADA." FROM POINT CAST BUSINESS
Reference (Deposit): WIRE, 7-23-97.
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.
