Gold Reed Mine

The Gold Reed Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 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: Gold Reed Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.54806, -116.29306

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Gold Reed Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Reed Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Kawich District-Also Known As The Gold Reed District


Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: Martel, Al And Robert
Years: 1951 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
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: Kawich Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Complex Faulting-Forming Wedge Shaped Cavities


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Intensley Silicified, Kaolinized Pockets Locally


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Kaolinite


Comments

Comment (Geology): GOOD GOLD VALUES HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR KAOLINITIC SUBSTANCE FOUND IN CAVITIES AT 100 FT LEVEL, PYRITE VALUES ARE LOW

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Comment (Development): FIRST LOCATIONS IN DISTRICT WERE MADE ON THIS PROPERTY

Comment (Deposit): FREE GOLD AT SURFACE-AURIFEROUS PYRITE AT 150 DEPTH-SURFACE GOLD RESIDUAL WEATHERING PRODUCT OF PYRITE

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 300 FT SHAFT-PRE 1900'S WORKINGS CONSIST OF CUTS AND SHALLOW TRENCHES.


References

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 92.

Reference (Deposit): YORK, B., 1935, GOLD REED PROPERTY; NBMG FILE 236, ITEM 1.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 236-PRESS CLIPPINGS

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OF SOUTHERN MYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 38

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWS LETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.

Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, GEOL. RECONNAISSANCE SW NEV. AND E. CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 111-112

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 91-92


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.