Bidwell Mine

The Bidwell Mine is a lead, copper, gold, and silver mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.

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: Bidwell Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Carson City

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.14222, -119.63028

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Bidwell Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bidwell Mine
Secondary: NBMG # 3664


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Delaware


Land Status

Not available


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

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Workings): TWO RATHER CLOSELY SPACED (100 FEET) SHAFTS. FROM THE SIZE OF THE DUMPS BOTH COULD EXCEED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS. THE SOUTHERN-MOST SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A SIX FOOT FISSURE VEIN.

Comment (Geology): THE VEINS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE ALSO CARRIED VALUES IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Comment (Deposit): A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF VEIN MATERIAL IS SCATTERED ON A LOADING AREA. MOORE,P. PG 31, REPORTED THE HOST ROCKS AS ANDESITE BUT NONE WAS OBSERVED AROUND THE WORKINGS OR THE DUMPS.

Comment (Development): UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: NONE RECORDED BUT IT LOOKS TO HAVE SHIPPED SOME ORE


References

Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5 -12-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

Reference (Deposit): MOORE,J.G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTIES OF NEVADA,NBMG BULL.#75, 1969.


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.