The Durkin Group is a mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,610 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: 5,610 Feet (1,710 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.4342, -119.29110
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Durkin Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Durkin Group
Secondary: Parker
Secondary: Stormy Day
Secondary: Old Thrasher
Secondary: Gerlach Tungsten Deposits
Secondary: Sweet
Secondary: Jennie
Secondary: Milky Way
Commodity
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Hooker 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Fred Anderson
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1972
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1941
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
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): MILLER, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS, 1994.
Reference (Deposit): 105, 1988, P. 161-163.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER AND TINGLEY, NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): MAP SCALE: 1:12,000.
Reference (Deposit): PERSHING COUNTY, NV: M.S., UNIV. OF NEVADA, RENO, 1975,
Reference (Deposit): SCHEELITE IN TACTITE DEPOSITS OF THE STORMY DAY MINE,
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, GEOLFFREY E., EXPERIMENTAL AND FIELD STUDIES OF
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES I.C. 7854, 1958, P. 1-9.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES R.I. 5087, 1954, P. 18-21.
Reference (Deposit): NV BUREUA OF MINES BULLETIN 89, 1977, PL. 2A.
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.
