Ne Section 16 Prospects

The Ne Section 16 Prospects is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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: Ne Section 16 Prospects  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lyon

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.99806, -119.29500

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Ne Section 16 Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ne Section 16 Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Buckskin


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE


Orebody

Not available


Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Workings): WIDELY SCATTERED PITS, TWO SHAFTS AND AN ADIT


References

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75


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.