The East Golden Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,159 feet.
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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
Elevation: 7,159 Feet (2,182 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.64972, -117.52500
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East Golden Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: East Golden Mine
Secondary: United Verde Mining Co. Property?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Cloverdale District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Barney Francisco
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Peavine Caldera Peripheral Zone.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Tuff Is Bleached, Argillized, And Partly Silicified.
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE VEIN IS WORTH $20 TO $30 PER TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Production): A FEW ORE SHIPMENTS WERE MADE.
Comment (Development): MINING BEGAN HERE PROBABLY ABOUT THE 1920'S. A SMALL MILL WAS INSTALLED IN THE 1920'S AND ANOTHER IN 1941 BUT RECOVERY WAS POOR, AND ONLY A FEW SMALL SHIPMENTS OF GOLD WERE MADE. EXPLORATORY WORK AND TESTING WERE DONE IN 1932 BY O. J. BELLEVILLE OF MINA.
Comment (Deposit): THREE VEINS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS AND ONE SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 46
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
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.
