Esta Buena Mine

The Esta Buena Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Esta Buena Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Ellsworth District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Owner Name: Thad Holcomb Of Reno

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Paradise Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT (CAVED), A 615 FT ADIT.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): DUMP MATERIAL AVG 10 OZ/TON AG

Comment (Production): THIS MINE IS CREDITED WITH THE LARGEST PRODUCTION IN THE DISTRICT

Comment (Geology): THE THRUST FAULT EMPLACED A GRANITIC BODY OVER LIMESTONE.

Comment (Deposit): LAST WORKED IN 1929. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 111

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, 111

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KRAL, 1951, P. 111.

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.