Conqueror Mine

The Conqueror Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

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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: Conqueror Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.74139, -117.21972

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Conqueror Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Conqueror Mine
Secondary: Tonopah Club
Secondary: Bonanza Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Conqueror Cons. Mining Co.
Years: 1908 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Type: R
Description: Columbia Mountain Fault Dipping East At A Low Angle


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): ADJOINS ADAMS MINE ON THE NW. . UTM IS TO SHAFT OF SW END OF CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE WAS PRODUCED NEAR THE SURFACE IN 1904-1905. SOME MATERIAL ASSAYED $12/TON IN 1908 ORSO.

Comment (Development): OPERATED 1914-1915

Comment (Deposit): SILICIFIED ZONE OR LEDGE. ORE IS FOUND BETWEEN THE LEDGE'S SOUTH END AND THE ANDESITE TO THE EAST

Comment (Workings): 100-FT INCLINE RUN AT 20 DEGREES-25 DEGREES AND A 50-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A CROSSCUT AT THE BOTTOM; STOPING WITHIN 10-15 FT OF SURFACE (ALL IN 1905)


References

Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66., P. 238-239.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1170.

Reference (Production): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P. 238.


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.