The South Fork is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.8339, -115.85140
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South Fork MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Fork
Secondary: South Fork Claims Nos.1-2
Secondary: South Fork Claims #1-2
Secondary: Pixley No.1 Claims
Secondary: East and South Fork
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: South Fork
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Royaledge Resources
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
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 (Deposit): PROPERTY MADE UP OF 440 ACRES IN 27 TITLED CLAIMS. 19 ON THE ORIGINAL SOUTH FORK CLAIMS PLUS 8 ADDITIONAL ADJACENT CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #1, JAN., 1, 1997, P1.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #40, OCT 2, 1996, P1.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #??, SEPT 4, 1996, P15.
Reference (Deposit): LOCATION
Reference (Deposit): APPENDIX C- URANIUM OCCURRENCE REPORT NO.3, APPENDIX A-
Reference (Deposit): PROFFITT & OTHERS, 1982, NURE; WELLS QUAD, PGJ/F070 (82)
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1976, USGS OFR 76-56, P.121,122
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES BULL, #81, 1973, P42, FIG. 8.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #3, JAN 15, 1997, P1.
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.
