Mellan Gold Mines

The Mellan Gold Mines is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,640 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: Mellan Gold Mines  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.70861, -116.58694

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Mellan Gold Mines MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mellan Gold Mines


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Mellan Mountain District


Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
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 & Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FOUR SAMPLES AVERAGE $17 TO $27 PER TON.


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Production): ABOUT $1,000 WAS PRODUCED BEFORE WORLD WAR II

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 400 FT 50 DEG INCLINE SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 40, 80, 160, 300, AND 400 FT; A 100 FT VERT. SHAFT.


References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, VE, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 131-132

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, HR, 1972, GEOL. & MIN. DEP. OF S. NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 38-39


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.