Flagstaff Mine

The Flagstaff Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,359 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: Flagstaff Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 7,359 Feet (2,243 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.97694, -117.77111

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Flagstaff Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Flagstaff Mine
Secondary: 1928 - Eary Group


Commodity

Primary: Gold


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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Benton, Don
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Development): A SMALL MILL OPERATED FROM ABOUT 1933 TO 1934, PARTLY ON ORE FROM THE FLAGSTAFF MINE. IT WAS RELOCATED AS EARY GROUP PREVIOUSLY IN 1928. IN 1935, J.L. CORLETT MILLED ORE FROM HERE IN A SMALL MILL HE RAN AT THE LOWER END OF ELLSWORTH.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1933-1940.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LONG ADIT, AN INCLINED SHAFT, AND SEVERAL CUTS.

Comment (Deposit): MINE SHUT DOWN IN 1958. ; 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. 112

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

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 112


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.