Garfield Mine

The Garfield Mine is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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: Garfield Mine
Secondary: Blue Light
Secondary: Eldorado Mining Co.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: Eldorado Mining Co.
Years: 1928 -

Owner Name: W. J. Harris Of Reno, J. H. Miller Of Hawthorne - Eldorado Mining Co.

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Discovery Year: 1882
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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY OPERATED BY HAMPTON PLAIN EXPLORATION CO. ABOUT 1890. ABOUT 5,000 TONS OF ORE TREATED. LATER ACQUIRED BY ELDORADO MINING CO. ORGANIZED IN 1928 WITH PROPERTY COMPRISED OF 13 PATENTED CLAIMS. IN 1936 EIGHT CLAIMS OF THE GARFIELD GROUP LEASED TO F. P. MERRY AND ASSOCIATES, TREATED 10,000 TONS OF DUMP ORE IN 1936. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION RECORDS VARY: $550,000 (1884-1933)-COUCH & CARPENTER; $6,000,000 (1880-87)-LINCOLN

Comment (Deposit): THREE INTERLACING VEINS FROM 3 INCHES TO 9 FEET THICK

Comment (Workings): ENTRY BY TUNNEL 2,500 FEET LONG

References

Reference (Deposit): COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION; NBMG BULL. 37 NO. 4

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.

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.