The O'Brien is a mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,840 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.6817, -117.56530
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O'Brien MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: O'Brien
Secondary: Dela Vega Claims
Secondary: Black Diablo Manganese
Secondary: Tucker
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Silica
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Black Diablo District
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Max And Ada Magnussen,140 Lag St. Winnemucca,Nev. 89445
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Wad
Unknown: Rhodonite
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Chert
Comments
Comment (Location): ALSO IN SECTION 23 75 PERCENT PROBABLITY BY NORMAN SMITH 1941 SEE BACKUP FILE
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM RPT. OF INVEST 4985, 1953, P. 4
Reference (Deposit): USBM RPT. OF INVEST 4754, 1951, P. 10-14
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 89, 1977, P. 55, PL 2A
Reference (Deposit): USBM,WFOC.CONFIDENTIAL--NEV.MINERAL PROP.FILE #41.3
Reference (Deposit): USBM R.I.5446,1959,P.33
Reference (Deposit): USBM R.I.4713,1950,P1-17
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.
