The Wc Claim Group is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,723 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: 7,723 Feet (2,354 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.5222, -117.04780
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Wc Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wc Claim Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THESE 1987 CLAIMS ENCOMPASS SECTIONS 27 TO 34 AND COVER - NUMEROUS HISTORIC PROPERTIES, INCLUDING: SLOAN-BLACKER, SUNSET (0320230625), COMBINATION LODE (SURVEYED), DIAMOND DOT (SURVEYED), JUMBO MINE (0320230390), CONTACT (SURVEYED), BADGER AND IRON CROWN (SURVEYED), SNOW DRIFT (PATENTED), WHITE CAPS EXTENSION (PATENTED), AND THE UNION, UNION NO. 1, IVANHOE, AND MULESKINNER (PATENTED). OTHER MORE RECENT CLAIMS THIS PROPERTY HAS RECLAIMED INCLUDE: MY-T CLAIM GROUP (BY ELEVATORSKI), MY-T CLAIMS (BY ROUND MTN GOLD CO.), KEYSTONE JR., BOOGRE, VALLEY VIEW NOS. 1-9L, SOUTH MAIN, LEE HIAT PROSPECT, AND ZANZIBAR PROSPECT.
References
Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
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.
