The Drinkwater Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.7769, -117.70720
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Drinkwater Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Drinkwater Mine
Secondary: Mineral Ridge
Secondary: Mary
Secondary: Silver Peak Gold
Secondary: Mary-Drinkwater
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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: Black Mammoth Consolidated Mining Co. (Bmcmc)
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1920 - 1942
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Combined Methods
Milling Method: Unspecified
Year First Production: 1920
Discovery Year: 1863
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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 (Names): THIS PROPERTY IS PART OF THE MARY-DRINKWATER PROJECT/MINERAL RIDGE PROPERTY, 0320090371, MSHA MINES ID, 2602143, BOM RESPONDENT ID 2670200, USGS WOO29O1/(W002901). THIS PROPERTY FILE IS POSSIBLY A CLAIM ON THE MAIN PROPERTY OTHER RELATED PROPERTIES ARE: MARY - SEQ# 0320090163, MSHA MINES & BOM RESPONDENT ID 2601722; SILVER PEAK (GOLD) SEQ# 0320090735, MSHA MINES ID 2061996.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 225, 1903, P. 113
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 55, 1906, PP.24,36, PLS.7-12, FIG 1
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 610, 1968, P.178
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 78, 1972, P.71, PT.2
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.
