The Low Risk Claim Group is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 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
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.6919, -117.02440
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Low Risk Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Low Risk Claim Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Tungsten, Mill Concentrate
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Round Mountain 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: 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
Comment (Deposit): THIS FILE CONTAINS MOSTLY ALL OF THE USBM SAMPLE RESULTS COLLECTED FROM THE LOW RISK CLAIM GROUP. THIS CLAIM GROUP INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HISTORICAL TUNGSTEN-URANIUM-GOLD PROPERTIES: BEY NOS. 1-27 (0320230515), RAINBOW NOS. 1-7 (HENEBERGH TUNNEL) (0320230135), EUREKA (PINE NOS. 1-5; GOOD ENOUGH INCLINED ADIT), 4 ACES AND JACKER CLAIM GROUP (JOKER SHAFT, ACE ADIT), LUCKY SEVEN MINE, N & H NOS. 1-4, STEVENSON AND SCHUPPY MINE (ROUND MTN TUNGSTEN MINE, DARROUGH PROSPECT, SAGEBRUSH CLAIM), VIOLET BLUE (0320230044), MONTE CRISTO PROSPECT (0320230152). LOW RISK CLAIM GROUP WAS LOCATED BY FRANK B. MILLER IN 1989, AND COVERS SECTIONS 22, 26, 27, AND 28, T. 10 N., R. 44 E.
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.
