The Clifford Gold-Silver Prospect is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Clifford Gold-Silver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clifford Gold-Silver Prospect
Secondary: Jeep Claim
Secondary: Jeep Nos. 1-3 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. H. Clifford
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1946
Owner Name: Glenn, Charles
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1920
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Comment (Location): NOTE: THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE GIVEN (ESTIMATED?) LEGAL LOCATION (T. 1 N., R. 47 E.) AND THE NARRATIVE LOCATION. ACCORDING TO THE FILE, THE PROPERTY CAN BE REACHED BY FOLLOWING HIGHWAY 6, EAST FROM TONOPAH, 35 MILES TO FIVEMILE TURNOFF. A ROUGH DESERT AND MOUNTAIN ROAD IS TRAVELED SOUTH AND EAST 17 MILES TO THE PROPERTY. THE CLAIMS ARE LOCATED IN THE LOW FOOTHILLS ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE KAWICK [SIC] RANGE AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 7,000 FEET. AS THE STINKING SPRING 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP SHOWS NUMEROUS UNNAMED MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THIS AREA, AND NO DEFINITIVE LOCATION IS GIVEN, THIS RECORD LOCATION IS APPROXIMATED.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC)
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.
