The Sw Section 7 Shaft and Mill is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.47667, -118.78167
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Sw Section 7 Shaft and Mill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sw Section 7 Shaft and Mill
Secondary: NBMG # 4203
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Mount Grant
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Trending 4 To 5 Foot Thick Fissure Vein
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Gouge
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AT THE MILL SITE, THE ORE WAS CRUSHED AND APPARENTLY WASHED BEFORE BEING TRANSPORTED TO A LOWER TAILINGS PILE. THE ADJACENT ADIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED ORE TO THE MILL? ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): THE QUARTZ STRINGERS AND QUARTZ VEIN OCCUR IN DEEPLY WEATHERED GRANITE. THE MINERALIZED WHITE QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL AND GOUGE WAS TRANSPORTED DOWN THE HILL FROM SHAFT VIA A WOODEN ORE SHOOT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HELPED IN PART BY WATER FROM THE CISTERN? ; GEOL.DESC: POSSIBLE MO OCCURENCE OR CORY MINE
Comment (Location): NEAR LEAD OF CORY CANYON
Comment (Development): AREA WAS BEING MINED IN THE 1870'S. ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION: SOME, BUT SMALL
Comment (Workings): A SHAFT,CISTERN, A WOODEN ORE SHOOT (NO LONGER STANDING), A SMALL MILL SITE, AND TAILINGS. SLIGHTLY BELOW THE SHAFT IS A RECTANGULAR STONE AND PLASTER LINED CISTERN WHICH PROVIDED WATER TO A SMALL MILL ABOUT 150 FEET FURTHER DOWN THE HILL.
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNT GRANT MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISITS SITE 6-14-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
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.
