Nevada Rand

The Nevada Rand is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,650 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

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Site Name

Primary: Nevada Rand
Secondary: Randall Property
Secondary: Bovard
Secondary: Koegel

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bovard - Rand

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fracturing Trends Generally Nw. Thin Series Of Andesite Breccia Overlain By Rhyolite Indicates Fault Contact With Andesite

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleached Andesite And Development Of Jarosite Due To Oxidation Of Numerous Sml. Xstls. Of Disseminated Pyrite

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Adularia
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): DUE TO PRESENCE OF MN, ZONE OF SECONDARY ENRICHMENT EXTENDS BELOW THE 250' LEVEL. SOME AG ALLOYED W/AU, RATION AU TO AG 30:1 . THE AVERAGE ASSAY VALUE OF A NUMBER OF SAMPLES WAS .78 OZ. GOLD AND 36.7 OZS SILVER WHICH CONVERTS TO $59.65 PER TON, GOLD AT $20 PER OZ. AND SILVER AT $1.20 PER OZ.

Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION; MIMS CLAIMS ADJACENT PROPERTY

Comment (Production): CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $150,000 BY 1936 . CONSIDERABLE HIGH-GRADING AND INCOMPLETE RECORDS PREVENTS ACCURATE PRODUCTION FIGURES.

Comment (Deposit): ESTIMATE LOCATION. DEPOSIT IS OXIDIZED AND HIGHLY SILICEOUS

Comment (Workings): LEVELS AT 50 , 150 , 250 , 350 , 450 WITH INTERMEDIATE LEVELS AT 180 AND 200 FEET. NO WATER, GOOD VENTILATION

Comment (Geology): RICHEST ORE OCCURED IN LENSES IN IRON-STAINED QTZ. GANGUE IN SHEARED VOLCANICS. CRUSHED ROCK CARRIES GOOD VALUE WHILE GOUGE IS LOW GRADE OR BARREN

Comment (Deposit): SEVEN LODE CLAIMS: LAST HOPE, L. H. FRACTION, THOMAS FRACTION, L. H. EXTENSION NO. 1 , HOPE EXTENSION NO. 1 AND NO. 2 . APPROX. 110 ACRES. 30 FT. HEAD FRAME, BLACKSMITH SHOP, ASSAY OFFICE ON SITE. A MILL PROXIMAL TO MINE WITH 40 TO 50 TON CAPACITY AND CYANIDE LEACHING SYSTEM; H20 AT 160 : REFER TO RECORD NO. M035745 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): JONES, J. C., PROF. OF GEOLOGY, MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES, RENO, NEV. (UNPUBLISHED REPORT) NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE

Reference (Deposit): MONTGOMERY, S. E., 1919 , US MINERAL SURVEYOR AND ENGINEER, SIERRA CITY CA., (UNPUBLISHED REPORT) NEV. BUR. OF MINES FILE

Reference (Deposit): YORK, B., 1936 , UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON NEV. RAND MINE, NEV. BUR. OF MINES FILE

Reference (Deposit): 1919 OTHER MONTGOMERY, E. S.; MINERAL SURVEYOR, ENGINEER; REPORT

Reference (Deposit): 1928 RECON FOSHAG, W. F., ORE DEPOSITS OF HAWTHORNE QUAD. (UNPUB.)

Reference (Deposit): RECON MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES, RENO, NV; REPORT

Reference (Deposit): FOSHAG, W. F., 1928 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HAWTHORNE QUAD. (UNPUBLISHED)

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.