The Rainstorm Group is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,509 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
Elevation: 5,509 Feet (1,679 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.16222, -115.92667
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Rainstorm Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainstorm Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Oak Spring 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Monson, F. A.
Home Office: Las Vegas
Years: 1951 -
Production
Year: 1940
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^55 % Pb, 25 Oz Ag, 0.25 Oz Au Per Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
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: Halfpint Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TWO SAMPLES OF VEIN CONTAIN 31.5 % PB, 0.07 OZ AU, 11.6 OZ AG PER TON.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 220 FT SHAFT, A 150 FT ADIT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 141.
Reference (Deposit): BARNES, HARLEY, CHRISTIANSEN, R.L., AND BYERS, F.M., JR., 1965, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE JANGLE RIDGE QUADRANGLE, NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ-363
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.
