The Rochester Mine is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,759 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: 6,759 Feet (2,060 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.2867, -118.15560
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Rochester Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rochester Mine
Secondary: Rochester Mines
Secondary: Rochester Consolidated
Secondary: Rochester Group Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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 ROCHESTER (GROUP) MINE; MAS SEQ 0320270673 ALSO COVERS PARTS OF SECTION 15.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 762, 1924, P 59-64, PT 1
Reference (Deposit): USBM BULL 580, 1915, PP. 325-372, 576.
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 80, 82-83, PL 2A
Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOL QUAD MAP GQ-820, 1969
Reference (Deposit): USBM INFORM CIRC 6902, 1936, P 28
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.
