Carrie Mine

The Carrie Mine is a gemstone, lead, and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,051 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Carrie Mine
Secondary: Hidden Treasure
Secondary: Myers and Bona Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gemstone
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Gilbert 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: Chris Hansen Of Reno And Jack Hansen Of Tonopah.
Years: 1968 -

Owner Name: Rocky Mountain Gem Co. Of Denver, Colorado. (1920'S-1930'S?)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: NODULES, SEAMS, VEINLETS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic; Silicification

Rocks

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

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Turquoise
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Development): IN 1907, THE MINE WAS LEASED TO H.M. MYERS AND CHARLES A BONA AS AN AG-PB MINE. THEY DEVELOPED IT AS A TURQUOISE PRODUCER. WHEN PRODUCTION FELL OFF, THEY DROPPED THE LEASE AND GILBERT'S 3 SONS FRED, HERMAN AND LOGAN RAN THE MINE FOR A WHILE, AFTER WHICH IT WAS ALLOWED TO LAPSE. THE CLAIM WAS RELOCATED BY EMORY JOHNSON WHO SOLD IT TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN GEM CO. OF DENVER, COLORADO, IN 1928. THE COMPANY OPERATED THE MINE FOR A TIME BUT ABANDONED OPERATIONS AND LET THE CLAIM LAPSE. IT WAS RELOCATED BY CHRIS HANSEN OF RENO AND JACK HANSEN OF TONOPAH. INACTIVE IN 1965

Comment (Location): NORTH SIDE OF MONTE CRISTO RANGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Commodity): TURQUOISE IN VOLCANIC ROCKS IS SOFT WITH POOR COLOR; BLACK SLATE CONTAINS BETTER QUALITY, HARD, SKY-BLUE TO GREENISH TURQUOISE

Comment (Geology): SLATE STRIKES N20W, DIPS 30-50SE. A SILICIFIED LEDGE CUTS ACROSS IT AT RIGHT ANGLES. VEINS PRODUCED SILVER ORE TO A DEPTH OF 175 FT, BUT WERE RICHEST ABOVE 50 FT. PRINCIPAL ORE SHOOT WAS 40 FT WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM SURFACE TO A DEPTH OF OVER 100 FT.

Comment (Deposit): NODULES, SEAMS AND VEINLETS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SLATE AND VOLCANIC ROCKS. NODULES RANGE UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER, SEAMS UP TO A HALF INCH THICK. BEST TURQUOISE IS IN SOFT ALTERED AREAS IN THE BLACK SLATE. SILVER ORE CONSISTS OF SILVER-BEARING BASE METAL SULPHIDES IN QUARTZ REPLACEMENT VEINS ALONG A 3-10-FT WIDE SHEAR ZONE.

Comment (Workings): 100-FT SHAFT, 75-FT TUNNEL WITH ABOUT 40 FT OF DRIFTS AND STOPES, AN OPEN PIT NEAR THE SHAFT AND SEVERAL SMALLER PITS; INCLINED SHAFT AT LEAST 230 FT. DEEP. IN 1927 THERE WERE 370 FT. OF DRIFT ON 100-FT LEVEL, 310 FT ON THE 175-FT LEVEL AND 350 FT ON THE 230 FT LEVEL WITH CONSIDERABLE STOPING

References

Reference (Production): MORRISSEY, F.R., P. 7.; FERGUSON, 1927, P. 138

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F, P. 138-139.

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.H., 1963, NBMG BULL 61, P. 65.

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. & STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78, PL. 2.

Reference (Deposit): SILBERMAN, M.L., AND MCKEE, E.H., 1974, IN NBMG REPORT 19, P. 71.

Reference (Deposit): MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPORT 17, P. 6.

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.