The Golconda Gold Ledge is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,039 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.9258, -117.50280
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Golconda Gold Ledge MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golconda Gold Ledge
Secondary: Kramer Hill Mine - 0320130505
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Golconda District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Golconda Gold Ledge Mining Co.
Info Year: 1938
Production
Not available
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
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): OPEN PIT.
Reference (Deposit): NOTE: THIS MINE HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE KRAMER HILL MINE
Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 90.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I -
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6995, 1938, P. 22-23.
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.
