The Bald Mountain Claims is a silver, gold, mercury, and uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,004 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: 6,004 Feet (1,830 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Mercury, Uranium
Lat, Long: 41.835, -119.62083
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Bald Mountain Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bald Mountain Claims
Secondary: Nevada Guy
Secondary: Lone Pine
Secondary: Jim Bum
Secondary: Amar
Secondary: Nades Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Lone Pine District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1897
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 And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: VEIN, TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Clay
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: .02 TO .06% HG.
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): SERIES OF CLAIMS WITH UTM TAKE FROM YELLOW PEAK ACCESSIBLE VIA NEVADA HIGHWAY 34A.
Comment (Development): EARLY GOLD AND SILVER PROSPECTING FROM 1897 TO 1909 LED TO THE LOCATION OF 109 CLAIMS ON OR ADJACENT TO BALD MTN." 25 CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1911 AND 1918. DISCOVERY OF MERCURY SOUTH OF THE REFUGE IN 1929 SPARKED PROSPECTING FOR IT WITHIN THE REFUGE. 30 CLAIMS WERE LOCATED FROM 1930 TO 1941. 140 CLAIMS WERE LOCATED DURING THE URANIUM BOOM YEARS OF 1954 AND 1955.
Comment (Workings): 4 CAVED ADITS, 2 SHAFTS, 5 CUTS, 36 PITS AND 60 TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): CATHRALL, J. B., 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA; USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-1002
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.
