The Occidental is a gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.2867, -119.63080
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Occidental MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Occidental
Secondary: Brunswick Lode
Secondary: Occidental Mine
Secondary: Monte Cristo Lode
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Storey
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
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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
Year First Production: 1866
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 (Location): NOTE: NBMG BULL. 70, PLATE 2, NO. 128 SHOWS THE OCCIDENTAL (BRUNSWICK) IN T. 17 N., R. 21 E.; THE VIRGINIA CITY 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP SHOWS THIS IN T. 16 N., R. 21 E., U.S.G.S. MONOGRAPH 3, P. 411 LISTS THE OCCIDENTAL CLAIM AT N. 39 DEG. 17 MIN. 05 SEC. LATITUDE, AND W. 119 DEC. 37 MIN. 43 SEC. LONGITUDE. THE TOPO MAP AND X-Y COORDINATE PLACES THE MINE IN SEC. 4, T. 17 N., R. 21 E. AS SHOWN ON THE VIRGINIA CITY 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL 49, 1950, P.46-47.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL 70, 1970,PT. 2
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.
