Georgine Mine

The Georgine Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,020 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: Georgine Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,020 Feet (1,835 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 38.15528, -118.10306

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Georgine Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Georgine Mine
Secondary: Georgene Mining Co.


Commodity

Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Candelaria Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pre-Tertiary Hydrothermal


Rocks

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Production): ACCORDING TO PAGE ( F1 ) MINE MAY HAVE HAD LIMITED PRODUCTION DURING THE YEARS 1905 AND 1906

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE

Comment (Location): .3 MI NE OF POTOSI MINE

Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE WORKINGS. MAIN SHAFT, ADIT AND SCATTERED SURFACE WORKINGS.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SPECIFIC INFO. NOT KNOWN, REFER TO RECORD NO. M035465


References

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 56

Reference (Deposit): COUCH, CARPENTER, 1943 , NEVADAS METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION ( 1859 - 1940 , INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEV. BULL., VOL. 37 , NO. 4

Reference (Production): COUCH & CARPENTER F2


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.