Pretty Boy Claims

The Pretty Boy Claims is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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: Pretty Boy Claims
Secondary: Original Gilbert Prospect.
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1266

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gemstone

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Gilbert (Desert) 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Prester, Hazel
Home Office: Box 732, Tonapah, Nv
Years: 1982 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Monte Cristo Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fissuring

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): 125-FT DEEP SHAFT, INCLINED 70 DEGREES; FOLLOWING A ZONE OF FISSURING, WITH A 60-FT DRIFT AT 57-FT DEPTH; ANOTHER 50-FT SHAFT INCLINED 60DEGREES. PERIPHERAL PROSPECT PITS, ADITS AND OTHER SURFACE WORKINGS.

Comment (Geology): AVERAGE STRIKE OF COUNTRY ROCK IS ABOUT N40W, DIP 50-60 SW.

Comment (Location): IN SOUTH GILBERT AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): NO SHIPMENTS HAD BEEN MADE BY 1925. . RECENT SURFACE EXPLORATION (1982)

Comment (Deposit): 3 RATHER POORLY DEFINED VEINS OR ZONES OF MINERALIZATION 40 TO 50 FT APART ROUGHLY FOLLOWING THE STRIKE AND DIP OF THE CHERT. VEINS ARE OF BRECCIATED CHERT CEMENTED BY SMALL VEINLETS OF DRUSY AND FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ, SOME LAMELLAR. THERE ARE ALSO SMALL SEAMS CROSSING THE CHERT AT RIGHT ANGLES TO STRIKE, CARRYING MOST OF THE PROPERTY'S FREE GOLD

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL. 78, PL. 2

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F, P. 142-143.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT. 11, 1982.

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.