The Desert Chief is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,725 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: 5,725 Feet (1,745 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.7383, -117.19140
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Desert Chief MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert Chief
Secondary: Angelus Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 66, PLATE 1, NO. 75.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOM, F. L., 1909, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD,
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.
