Nevada-Omaha Mine

The Nevada-Omaha Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,331 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Nevada-Omaha Mine
Secondary: Limelite Claim

Commodity

Primary: Gold
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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Walker, Alex
Years: 1909 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Discovery Year: 1909
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: N-Trending Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Development): MAIN DEVELOPMENT IN 1912

Comment (Deposit): VEIN; FRACTURES, SHEAR ZONES

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, CROSSCUT

Comment (Geology): MAIN VEIN AVERAGED 2 INCHES WIDE

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED BY ALEX WALKER IN 1909 ON THE LIMELITE CLAIM. MAIN DEVELOPMENT IN 1912 WAS A 350 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND A 300-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): E SIDE PHILADELPHIA CANYON, NORTH OF BANNOCK

References

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE. CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA; USGS 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 (Deposit): THOMAS, C.S., 1909, BANNOCK, NEVADA; MINING & SCIENTIFIC PRESS VOL. P. 820

Nevada Gold

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.