Grand Deposit Mine

The Grand Deposit Mine is a lead and copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Grand Deposit Mine
Secondary: Plageman & Bush Claim

Commodity

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

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Grand Deposit Mining Co., Muncy Creek Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -

Owner Name: Muncy Creek Mines
Years: 1920 -

Production

Year: 1937
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^6.79% Cu, 0.015 Oz/T Au, 9.24 Oz/T Ag
Year: 1943
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^9952 Lb Cu, 22035 Lb Pb, 724376 Lb Zn.
Year: 1945
Material type: ORE AG AU CU PB ZN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^66 Oz Ag, 223 Lb Cu, 2381 Lb Pb
Year: 1944
Material type: ORE ZN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^3 Oz Au, 2160 Oz Ag, 31475 Lb Cu, 6652 Lb Pb.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1871
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: LENSES, PIPES, SMALL POCKETS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fracture, N50w And 75sw

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Lead
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 5 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): 5 CLAIMS IN THE LOWER PART OF A SE-DRAINING CANYON ABOUT 3 MILES NNW OF AURUM P.O. 8 PATENTED AND 40 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Production): MUCH OF ORE AVERAGED ABOUT 14% ZINC, 1 TO 2% LEAD, 1 TO 2 OUNCES SILVER PER TON BUT ORES AVERAGING 1 TO 7% COPPER AND ORE AVERAGING 1 TO 23% LEAD HAVE BEEN SHIPPED.

Comment (Development): FIRST MINED FOR AG; LATER PB, ZN, CU. ORE SHIPPED IN 1937, 1943, 1944. FIRE DESTROYED ALL SURFACE EQUIPMENT IN 1944, BUT RECONSTRUCTION WAS UNDER WAY IN 1944 AND SHIPMENTS RESUMED IN 1945.

Comment (Deposit): ORE IS FOUND ON FLOORS OF SOLUTION CAVITIES FORMED ALONG THE SMALLER FAULTS AT INTERSECTIONS OF THIN-BEDDED LIMESTONE WITH THESE SMALLER FAULTS, AND IN GASH FRACTURES NEAR THE GRAND DEPOSIT FAULT. MAIN ORESHOOT DIPS STEEPLY SW AND RANGES IN WIDTH FROM 2 TO 15 FT, IS 60-120 FT LONG, AND HAS BEEN EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 400 FT IN DEPTH

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 508 FT DEEP DIPPING 60 SW WITH SHORT DRIFTS AT 60, 100, AND 150 FT. ALSO A VERTICAL 2-COMPARTMENT SHAFT 90 FT DEEP; AND SMALL EXCAVATIONS

Comment (Geology): MINE IN ZONE OF INTENSELY CRUSHED IRON STAINED LIMESTONE

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NBMG FILE 322-C, ITEM 11

Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL. 85

Reference (Production): NBMG FILE 322-C,ITEM 8; ENG AND MIN. JOUR, 1937; MINING RECORD, 1943; COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943, P. 150.

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.