Sun Rays Claims

The Sun Rays Claims is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,599 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

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Site Name

Primary: Sun Rays Claims
Secondary: Sun Rays

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge 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

Not available

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: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Crater Range

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): LESS THAN $10,000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION.

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE; CONTACT, AND ELK MTN. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV. USGS BULL. 497

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, M.B. (1957) GEOL. & MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV, NBM BULL 54

Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1969)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV., USGS OPEN FILE 1976-56.

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.