Bryan Mine

The Bryan Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

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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: Bryan Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.56222, -117.11917

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Bryan Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bryan Mine
Secondary: El Dorado


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1880
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

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Scott Canyon And Dewitt Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: Ne-And Nw-Trending Faults. Plumas Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED $12/TON IN GOLD IN 1880'S 151 SAMPLES AVERAGED $4.39 IN AU & AG IN OXIDIZED ZONE AND $1.30/TON IN SULFIDE ZONE


Materials

Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): 3/4 MILE SE OF GALENA TOWNSITE

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN, BUT AT LEAST 75.7 OZ. AU AND 262 OZ AG. WERE PRODUCED.

Comment (Development): ORE WAS MILLED IN AN AMALGAMATION PLANT ON DUCK CREEK IN 1880'S; IT HAD BEEN REMOVED BY 1912

Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, SHAFTS

Comment (Geology): FRACTURE ZONE RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 10 FEET WIDE

Comment (Deposit): THE BRYAN VEIN WAS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL TUNNELS AND A SHAFT ON BOTH SIDES OF A SOUTH BRANCH OF DUCK CREEK. ORE WAS MILLED (IN 19880'S) IN A 10-STAMP AMALGAMATING PLANT ON DUCK CREEK, 1/2 MILE NE OF THE SHAFT. THIS MILL HAD BEEN REMOVED PRIOR TO 1912.


References

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 594

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.

Reference (Production): STEWART, MC KEE & STAGER, 1977.


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.