The Milky Way Claim is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,500 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: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.5764, -118.04580
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Milky Way Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Milky Way Claim
Secondary: Eagle Tungsten Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
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: Green Ranch Mining
Company ID: 2601785
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982
Owner Name: Harold W. Pickington
Company ID: 2601785
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: 1940
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: Calcite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 58, 1961, TB. 6.6, PL. 1
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 65, 1964, P. 158-159
Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS
Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY
Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60P.
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.
