Royston Coalition Mining Co.

The Royston Coalition Mining Co. is a lead, gemstone, gold, silver, and copper mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Royston Coalition Mining Co.  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Gemstone, Gold, Silver, Copper

Lat, Long: 38.32222, -117.51667

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Royston Coalition Mining Co. MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Royston Coalition Mining Co.
Secondary: Foy-Betts Shaft
Secondary: Campbell
Secondary: Kelly
Secondary: Walker Shaft


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Gemstone
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Royston District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Lied, Jim
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1948 -

Owner Name: Perry, Gene
Home Office: Mina
Years: 1948 -


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: Cedar Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Turquoise


Comments

Comment (Development): MINED IN THE 1920'S, LATE 1930'S, LATE 1940'S, AND LATE 1960'S. THERE WAS A LITTLE SILVER ORE MINED FROM A LEASE IN 1970.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 225 FT WALKER SHAFT, CAMPBELL INCLINE SHAFT, KELLY ADIT, FOY-BETTS INCLINE SHAFT


References

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 155.

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 (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 155-156.


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.