The New Freiberg Project Part is a lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 37.9247, -115.58690
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New Freiberg Project Part MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Freiberg Project Part
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1761 and 1762
Secondary: Smelter Shaft ?
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Freiberg District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Beam, T. And Manfras, B.
Info Year: 1983
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Manganese Ox-Hydrous
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Iron Oxides-Hydrated
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Anglesite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970,, P. 172.
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OFR OF84-1, 1984.
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 46, 1991, P. 7-11.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 69-85, 1985.
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