Amalgamated Mine

The Amalgamated Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,359 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: Amalgamated Mine
Secondary: Union No. 2 Mine
Secondary: Earle Mine
Secondary: Union Amalgamated Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan District

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Burdick - Wittenberg Estate

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Toquima Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Major Faults Strike Ne And Show Evidence Of Post-Mineral Movement. Zanzibar Thrust Fault Forms Northern Limit Of Mineralization.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 700 FT VERTICAL SHAFT. WITH WORKINGS ON SEVERAL LEVELS

Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE IS ALTERED IN PLACES TO COARSE WHITE CALCITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 125

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 153-154.

Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBMG FILE 240, ITEM 1.

Reference (Production): FERGUSON, P. 153.

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.