Unidentified Occurrence

The Unidentified Occurrence is a gold 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

Name: Unidentified Occurrence  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.4675, -118.46611

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Unidentified Occurrence MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unidentified Occurrence
Secondary: Central Mine?


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne District


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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Type: L
Description: Northerly Trending Shears


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): ONE OF VEINS FOLLOWED DOWN DIP ABOUT 150 FEET BY INCLINED SHAFT. ANOTHER VEIN THAT DIPS 15E WAS FOLLOWED DOWN AN ADIT SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WITHOUT ANY STOPES ON THE VEIN.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS HAVE BEEN INTENSIVELY PROSPECTED, BUT THE GENERAL ABSENCE OF STOPED AREAS INDICATES THEY PRODUCED LITTLE ORE EXCEPT FOR SOME POSSIBLE SECONDARILY ENRICHED ZONES AT THE SURFACE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): ESTIMATED UTM LOCATION

Comment (Production): GENERAL ABSENCE OF STOPED AREAS INDICATES THEY PRODUCED LITTLE ORE EXCEPT FOR SOME POSSIBLE SECONDARILY ENRICHED ZONES AT THE SURFACE.


References

Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV.; NBMG BULL. 74


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.