Esta Buena Patent

The Esta Buena Patent is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,198 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Esta Buena Patent  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 7,198 Feet (2,194 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 38.9683, -117.75470

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Esta Buena Patent MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Esta Buena Patent


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye


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

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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
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

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References

Reference (Deposit): TABLES B-1 AND B-2, SAMPLES 600-603, 605; PLATE 2.

Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOL MAP GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-91, 1991, APPENDIX B,

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 50, 1951, P.111


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.