Old Virginia City Mines

The Old Virginia City Mines is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,081 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: Old Virginia City Mines  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 9,081 Feet (2,768 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.30417, -118.67500

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Old Virginia City Mines MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Old Virginia City Mines


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.015 PERCENT EU3O8


Materials

Ore: Silver


Comments

Comment (Deposit): BG = 0.04 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.2 MR/HR.


References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81


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.