Grant Mountain Gold Mine

The Grant Mountain Gold Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,481 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: Grant Mountain Gold Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 8,481 Feet (2,585 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.53694, -118.83417

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Grant Mountain Gold Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Grant Mountain Gold Mine
Secondary: Nylene Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

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


Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Commodity): AU FAIRLY COARSE AND SHOWS ABRASION

Comment (Location): LAPON CANYON

Comment (Production): AVERAGE VALUE OF GROUND REPORTED TO BE 55 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD. LARGEST NUGGET HAD VALUE OF $30.00 . TOTAL PRODUCTION = $8,000

Comment (Workings): GOLD OCCURS IN CHANNEL THAT AVERAGES 40 FEET IN WIDTH AND 9 FEET IN DEPTH. 2 YARDS OF OVERBURDEN REMOVED FOR EACH YARD OF MATERIAL PUT THROUGH SLUICELODE GOLD OCCURS IN QUARTZ VIENS IN GRANODIORITE.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AU DERIVED FROM SERIES OF GASH VEINS IN GRANITE


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEV.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG W. O., 1937 , INFORMATION CIRCULAR RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEV.

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J.(10/05/81)

Reference (Production): VANDERBURG ( 1937 - P 45 )


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.