The Weepah Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,240 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: 6,240 Feet (1,902 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.9306, -117.55750
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Weepah Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Weepah Mine
Secondary: Electric Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Zephyr Resources
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1990
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface-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): USGS PROF. PAPER 55, P. 80-81, 120-121, PL. 1 NO. 3.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUAD, NEV.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM REPORT 3437.
Reference (Deposit): 70, PL. 2.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, 1973, NEV BU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 81, P. 54.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, NEV B OF M & G BULL. 78, P. 57,
Reference (Deposit): APRIL 1980 P. 20.
Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING 1979, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION,
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATION
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 78, 1972, PP. 57,70, PT. 2
Reference (Deposit): 21, 22, 23, 24 T. 1 N., R. 39 E.
Reference (Deposit): OF PACIFIC GOLD URANIUM AND SHELL OIL IN SECS. 16, 17, 20,
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BLM MINING CLAIM RECORDATION - APRIL 1988: OTHER CLAIMS
Reference (Deposit): P. 17.
Reference (Deposit): P. 73-74.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIRECTORY OF MINING OPERATIONS FOR 1983, DEC. 1983,
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, 1983, BULK TONNAGE METAL DEPOSITS: MINOBRAS,
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.
