4 D Claims

The 4 D Claims is a uranium, gold, and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 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: 4 D Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.21167, -118.39333

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4 D Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: 4 D Claims
Secondary: Cinderella Claim


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star


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: Homer E. And Mildred G. Behm


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: SML VEINS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE RANGE: 6.67 PPM TO 714 PPM


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): 1.5 MI. EAST OF DEFENDER MINE

Comment (Commodity): OLD GOLD/SILVER PROSPECT

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: MR 2 X BACKGROUND IN NEWER SHAFT

Comment (Deposit): 20 TO 30 TIMES BG

Comment (Workings): INCLINE ON STEEP N 75 E STRUCTURE OPEN CUTS, GENTLE INCLINE 100 FT LONG, AND 50 FOOT SHAFT

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL SMALL QTZ. VEINS STRIKE N 30 TO 40 W; STEEP DIP


References

Reference (Deposit): DURHAM, D. L., FELMLEE, J. K., 1980 , NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, WALKER LAKE QUAD., CALIF. AND NEV., UNPUBL. REPORT


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.