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Gordon Brodie

The Gordon Brodie is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,858 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

Name: Gordon Brodie  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 8,858 Feet (2,700 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.7936, -117.69360

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Gordon Brodie MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gordon Brodie
Secondary: Blue Lite
Secondary: Mineral Ridge Mine
Secondary: Silver Peak Property
Secondary: Mary-Drinkwater
Secondary: Gold Wedge
Secondary: Solberry
Secondary: Mary 0320090163
Secondary: Drinkwater Mine 0320090131
Secondary: Silver Peak 0320090735

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Mineral Ridge 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: Other
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Richfield Resources
Info Year: 1988

Owner Name: Zephyr Resources, Inc. (Zephyr Mining Co., Inc.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1991
Years: 1973 -

Owner Name: Homestead Minerals Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1991

Owner Name: Mary Mining Co., Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Florida
Info Year: 1994

Owner Name: Touchstone Resources Co. (100% Sub Of Cornucopia)
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1995
Years: 1993 - 1994

Owner Name: Cornucopia Resources Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1993 -

Owner Name: Mineral Ridge Resources Inc. (100% Sub Of Cornucopia)
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1993 -

Production

Year: 1997
Description: Gold Production (Est) 50000 T Oz/Yr

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Merrill-Crowe
Discovery Year: 1973
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

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 (Reserve-Resource): PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE RESERVE; 12/31/95; COG OF 0.024 OPT (0.823 G/MT) W TO O SR 4.3 TO 1.0: PRODUCTION WIIL BE CLOSE TO 50,000 OZ AU/YR.

Comment (Economic Factors): PROCESSING FACILITIES WILL HANDLE A MIN. OF 2700 TONS/DAY AT 350 DAYS/YR.

References

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #??, AUG. 31, 1996, P5.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #34, AUG. 21, 1996, P5.

Reference (Deposit): CORNUCOPIA RESOURCES, LTD 1995 ANNUAL & 10-KBS REPORTS.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96 NEAVAD MINES DIRECTORY, P8.

Reference (Deposit): 1990, P31.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P79.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDER YEAR

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BOM & GEO, SP# 10, 1990, P21.

Reference (Deposit): USGS GRID# WOO29O1 (W002901).

Reference (Deposit): JUNE, 1981, MSHA REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BOM & GEO, BULL# 78, 1972, PP. 46, 71, PLATE 2.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, V107, #??, 8/31/96, P5.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, V107, #34, 8/21/96, P5.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL# 225, 1903, 04, PP.112, 113.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP# 55, 1906, PP. 24, 23, 36, 54, 55, PLATES 2, 7-12,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE NORTHERN MINER, 7-7-97, P1.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CORNUCOPIA RESOURCES LTD, 1995 FORM 10-KSB, PP. 16-20.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CORNUCOPIA RESOURCES LTD, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 2-5

Reference (Ownership): 288.

Reference (Ownership): RAW MATERIALS GROUP, WHO OWNS WHO IN MINING, 1992, PP. 238,

Reference (Deposit): BUSINESS WIRE, NOV 6, 1996, P1.

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, PP. B1-B16.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #9, FEB. 26, 1997, P15.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #49, DEC., 4, 1996, P5.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #38, SEPT 18, 1996, P1.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #??, SEPT., 4, 1996, P12.

Reference (Deposit): FIG 1.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP# 610, 1968, P 178.

Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.