Ohio Group

The Ohio Group is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.

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: Ohio Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Churchill

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.24056, -118.18056

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Ohio Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ohio Group


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available


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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS IN BANDS AND BLOTCHES, MAINLY SILVER SULFIDES. THE ORE RAN ABOUT 100 OZ. SILVER TO 1 OZ. GOLD. THE DEPOSITS SHOW THREE OR MORE PERIODS OF MINERALIZATION. THE VEINS ARE REPLACEMENT VEINS AND CONSIST MAINLY OF QUARTZ AND ALTERED ROCK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947; NBMG FILES

Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H. A., 1973, THE STORY OF FAIRVIEW: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA, NO. 5, NEVADA, DEPT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND USGS.


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.