Leadhill Claim

The Leadhill Claim is a lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 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: Leadhill Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 38.34389, -115.59333

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Leadhill Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Leadhill Claim


Commodity

Primary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Troy 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: Steele, J. J.
Home Office: Las Vegas
Years: 1951 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Grant Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: SEAMS


Structure

Type: L
Description: N-Trending Range-Front Fault Runs Just To The West.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Production): SMALL TRIAL SHIPMENT WAS MADE "IN THE EARLY DAYS"

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECTS.


References

Reference (Deposit): CEBULL, SE, 1970, BEDROCK GEOL. AND OROGENIC SUCESSION IN SOUTHERN GRANT RANGE: AAPG BULL., V. 54, NO. 10, P. 1828-1842

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.


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.