Colonel Sellers

The Colonel Sellers is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada.

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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

Name: Colonel Sellers  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 35.51972, -115.18028

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Colonel Sellers MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Colonel Sellers
Secondary: Lucky Dutchman


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Crescent


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Late Tert And Recent Normal Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFT COMPLETELY DISMANTLED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1927 .

Comment (Geology): ORE PROBABLY IN QUARTZ LEDGE WITH BEARING OF N 80 E AND 35 - 40 S, 10 - 20 FT. THICK. DUMP FRAGMENTS SHOW COMB QUARTZ W/PYRITE CASTS.


References

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 .

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO. US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 P. 128 .

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D. F., 1956 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IVANPAH QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA & NEVADA USGS PROF. PAPER 275 .


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.