William Smith Claims

The William Smith Claims is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,528 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: William Smith Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2940

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rabbithole 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Smith, William
Years: 1941 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Form: BLANKET/TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene

Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): FIRST WORKED BY CHINESE IN 1870. STAKED BY WILLIAM SMITH IN 1941, BUT CLAIMS ARE NO LONGER VALID. CURRENT ACTIVITY IN GRAVELS.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS IN METASEDIMENTS AND PLACERS IN GRAVELS. SMITH CLAIMS ARE IN AREA ABOVE THE GRAVEL AND PROBABLY COVER AN AREA OF SOURCE ROCKS. DOZENS OF DOZER CUTS ON LOWER SLOPES OF NEARBY HILLS ATTEMPT TO EXPOSE GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS THAT MIGHT BE PRESENT. SAMPLE 2940 WAS FROM ONE OF THE BETTER-LOOKING PROSPECTS DUG AND STAKED IN 1941. THE IRON-STAINED QUARTZ BRECCIA VEIN WAS IN A SMEAR THAT CROSSED THE BEDDING OF A TRIASSIC SILTSTONE.

Comment (Workings): DOZER CUTS (MANY)

Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROADS . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 7 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I

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.