Oriental Wash Mine

The Oriental Wash Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.

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: Oriental Wash Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.3028, -117.26810

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Oriental Wash Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Oriental Wash Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Aurum, Inc.
Info Year: 1989
Years: 1988 - 1990

Owner Name: Mineral Drill, Inc.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1983
Years: 1983 - 1983


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): NDMI (1991, P. 33) REPORTS THE LOCATION OF THIS MINE IN SEC. 31; OTHER YEARS IT IS REPORTED IN SEC. 28.


References

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 33.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECITON, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1988, P. 25.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1989, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983, P. 17.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1984, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE


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.