Golden Rule Mine

The Golden Rule Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Golden Rule Mine
Secondary: Little Joe

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime Point) 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: John T. Murphy And Fred Atzert Of Goldfield
Years: 1931 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1874
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS ON A CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND QUARTZITE WITH GRANITE FOOTWALL. AT ANOTHER POINT IS A REDDISH-BLACK MASSIVE, QUARTZ-IRON OUTCROP

Comment (Workings): 100-FT, 38 DEGREES INCLINE SHAFT, STOPE, 120-FT DRIFT TO NW; 100-F DRIFT TO SW ALONG VEIN AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT; OPEN CUT AND TUNNEL 70-FT LONG, AND 50-FT SHAFT

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN 1874 ERA UNDER SAM KELSEY'S OWNERSHIP. ORE WAS HAULED FROM MAIN STOPE TO AUSTIN

Comment (Location): 5 CLAIMS ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF HORNSILVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Production): SMITH & CARPENTER, 1931

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, A.M. AND CARPENTER, JAY, 1931, UNPUBLISHED NOTES FROM INSPECTION TRIP TO HORNSILVER; NBMG FILE 92, ITEM 8

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.