Randall Property

The Randall Property is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Randall Property
Secondary: Nevada Rand
Secondary: Rand
Secondary: Bovard
Secondary: Koegel Mines
Secondary: Last Hope ?

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bovard District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: R. J. Randall, Nevada Rand Mines Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Discovery Method: 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: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: LENSES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Kaolin

Comments

Comment (Production): $50,000 - VANDERBURG (1937); $100,000 - ROSS(1961)

Comment (Workings): A 450-FOOT SHAFT AND 1500 FEET OF WORKINGS ON 4 LEVELS.

Comment (Geology): RATIO OF GOLD TO SILVE IS 1:30.

Comment (Deposit): RICH ORE OCCURS IN LENSES IN VEINS OF A QUARTZ GANGUE STAINED WITH IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES, IN SHEAR ZONE 20 TO 40 FT. WIDE. ORE BODY IS WELL OXIDIZED

Comment (Development): FORMERLY OWNED BY THE NEVADA-RAND MINING CO. RANDALL ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN 1927

References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

Reference (Deposit): BLACK, J. W., 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

Reference (Deposit): WOODSON, MARLE, 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT FOR NEVADA RAND MINES CO.

Reference (Production): VANDERBURG, 1937, P. 55; ROSS, D. C., 1961, TABLE 6.1

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.