Audrey Placer Claim

The Audrey Placer Claim is a sulfur and silica mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Audrey Placer Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)

Commodity: Sulfur, Silica

Lat, Long: 37.53694, -117.20944

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Audrey Placer Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Audrey Placer Claim


Commodity

Primary: Sulfur
Primary: Silica


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Cuprite 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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Brookside Quarries, Inc.


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available


Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Sulfur


Comments

Comment (Commodity): CLEAN WHITE SILICA RUNNING ABOUT 99% S1O2. CERAMIC GRADE

Comment (Workings): 375 FT OF DRIFTING, (4 FT X 6 FT AND 5X7) 2 GLORY HOLES, SHAFT, RAISES, BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Comment (Location): 13 MILES SOUTH OF GOLDFIELD, 0.75 MILE FROM HGWY 95. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): 60 ACRES. OVER 100,000 TONS ORE BLOCKED OUT WITH LIGHT OVERBURDEN OF 24-48 IN OF RUBBLE AND DIRT. PROBABLY OVER 850000 TONS PRESENT


References

Reference (Deposit): GRAHAM, W.H., (NO DATE) UNTITLED, UNDATED REPORT ON THE AUDREY PLACER; NBMG FILE 86 ITEM 2


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.