Blanch Mine

The Blanch Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,919 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: Blanch Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 38.15667, -118.09944

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Blanch Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blanch Mine
Secondary: Western Tunnel?


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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Candelaria Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pre-Tertiary Hydrothermal


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): SINGLE ADIT .2 MI. NE OF GEORGINE MINE

Comment (Production): CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE

Comment (Workings): ONE MAIN TUNNEL OF UNDETERMINED PROPORTIONS


References

Reference (Production): PAGE ( F1 )

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


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.