Railroad Halloysite

The Railroad Halloysite is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,399 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: Railroad Halloysite
Secondary: Alladin Mines

Commodity

Tertiary: Clay
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Exploration Mirandor Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1997

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Names): MAY BE PART OF THE RAILROAD PROPERTY IN THE CARLIN TREND, CHECK OUT PROPERTY FILE 0320070062 AS WELL, ALSO INCLUDED IN THE RAILROAD PROPERTY. 7-23-97: A DRILL CAMPAIGN HAS BEGUN ON AREAS OF THE PROJECT WHERE AU AND ALTERATION IS KNOWN TO OCCUR AT OR NEAR SURFACE OR WHERE CARLIN TYPE AU STRUCTURES ARE PRESENT. THE RAILROAD PROJECT CONSISTS OF OVER 550 CLAIMS AND 15 SQUARE MILES OF FEE LANDS.

References

Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS: NEV IND MIN (1973) P 14

Reference (Deposit): CLAY IN HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED QUARTZ PORPHYRIES

Reference (Deposit): "EXPLORATION MIRANDOR INC.-START UP OF ITS DRILL CAMPAIGN

Reference (Deposit): IN THE CARLIN TREND IN NEVADA." FROM POINT CAST BUSINESS

Reference (Deposit): WIRE, 7-23-97.

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.