Burns Group

The Burns Group is a tungsten mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,199 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

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Site Name

Primary: Burns Group
Secondary: Burns Mine
Secondary: Burns
Secondary: Alta Vista Claim Group - 0320071079
Secondary: Burns Prospect - 0320071048
Secondary: High Line Mine
Secondary: White Rock Mine - 0320070066

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Burns Basin

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: Unknown

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Blue Jacket Mining Co.
Home Office: Nevada

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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

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References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE MAP OF ELKO COUNTY, 1970.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 59; PLATE 3, NO. 42.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 54, 1957, P. 30.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 408, 1910, P. 74.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 60, 1962, P. 18.

Reference (Deposit): 1617 AND 1618.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-10, SAMPLES

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.