Frank No. 2

The Frank No. 2 is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,119 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Frank No. 2  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 7,119 Feet (2,170 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.79611, -117.71444

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Frank No. 2 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Frank No. 2


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865)


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Oromonte Mines Co., Ltd
Years: 1927 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENSES


Structure

Type: L
Description: Post-Ore Crushing, Faulting


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization


Rocks

Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE FRANK NO. 2 WAS ONE OF THE VALCALDA GROUP OF 6 PATENTED CLAIMS FIRST LOCATED IN THE 1860'S AND RELOCATED BY ELI SWEIGER IN 1886, WHO HELD THEM FOR 4 YEARS. THEY WERE RELOCATED BY THE VALCALDE BROTHERS (JOHN, JIM, OTIS, AND ANDREW) IN ABOUT 1892. JOHN VALCADA WORKED THE PROPERTY FROM SHALLOW CUTS FROM 1885-1905 MILLING THE ORE IN A 2-STAMP MILL AND A MORTAR, MAKING ABOUT $2700. THE PROPERTY WAS OPTIONED FROM THE VALCALDA'S IN 1905 BY BILLY AND MIKE O'MEARA AND JOHN LYNCH FOR $30,000, AND THEY FORMED THE SILVER-PEAK-VALCALDA GOLD MINING CO., INC. IN 1906, AT WHICH TIME THEY DROVE SEVERAL TUNNELS INTO THE FRANK VEIN. A MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1907 ON THE FRANK NO. 2 CLAIM, WHICH RAN INTERMITTENTLY FOR A YEAR. IN 1908, SAMUEL NEWHOUSE, A SUCCESSFUL MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): HEAD OF ECHO CANYON ON WEST SIDE. UTM IS TO ADIT ON CLAIM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): THE FRANK NO. 2 WAS ONE OF FOUR CLAIMS SOLD BY JOHN VALCALDA TO OROMONTE MINES CO. LTD. IN 1927 ORE TRANSPORTATION COSTS BECAME A PROBLEM, AND IT IS DOUBTFUL ANY PROFIT WAS MADE IN THIS VENTURE.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ LENSES

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TUNNELS, SHALLOW SURFACE WORKINGS

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S


References

Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, M.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES, NO. 8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., (1906), U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER NO. 55.


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.