The Onandaga is a mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.0942, -114.59810
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Onandaga MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Onandaga
Secondary: Black Metals
Secondary: Jackrabbit Tunnel
Secondary: Jackrabbit
Secondary: Day
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Bristol-Jackrabbit District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kerr-Mc Gee Corp.
Company ID: 2601470
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Bristol Silver Mines Co., Pioche,Nev.
Company ID: 2601470
Percent: 51.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1876
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Wad
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VISITED & SAMPLED BY USBM,1976, ROUGH SKETCH MAPS MADE. RECORD PROB-GRADE MATRIX DATA FROM COMB.METALS RED.CO REPORT
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5446, 1959, P. 28.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 710-F, 1920, P. 221.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 648, 1916, P. 135-136.
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, TABLE 12, P. 138
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.
