The Coleman Group is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,928 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: 5,928 Feet (1,807 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.1344, -116.63780
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Coleman Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coleman Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Island Mountain District
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: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1978
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Names): MAY BE PART OF, OR RELATED TO, TWO COLEMAN CANYON EXPLORATION PROJECTS, ONE BY BHP MINERALS INTER. EXPL. INC. AND THE OTHER BY AUR RESOURCES LTD. LOCATION OF THESE PROJECTS IS 60 MILES, (94 KM) NOTH OF ELKO, NEVADA.
References
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P237.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1996/97, U. S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): USBM INFORM.CIRC. 8252, 1965, P.237.
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 54, 1957, P.81.
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 41, 1944, P.58, PL.1&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.
