Breen Shaft

The Breen Shaft is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,490 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: Breen Shaft
Secondary: Phony Rider
Secondary: Bray Mine
Secondary: Midas Nos. 2 Claim
Secondary: Carioca
Secondary: Arizonia
Secondary: Thurman
Secondary: Cleveland
Secondary: Lucky Boy Claims
Secondary: Ragtime Prospect
Secondary: Yellow Dog Prospect
Secondary: Peerless Shaft
Secondary: Peerless 2-4 Claims
Secondary: Falkner Shaft
Secondary: Grey Eagle Mine
Secondary: Midas Claim
Secondary: General Ledlie
Secondary: Ripple and Comet
Secondary: Hattie Shaft
Secondary: Yellow Dog No. 2
Secondary: Breen Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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 (Names): MOST OF THE ALTERNATE NAMES ARE FROM MINES, CLAIMS AND PATENTS IN ROUGHLY A 1 MINE AREA AROUND THE BREEN MINE. INFORMATION ON THE SE WORKINGS IS KEPT IN THIS MINERAL PROPERTY FILE. ANOMALOUS, ARSENIC, MOLYBDENUM, ANTIMONY.

References

Reference (Deposit): AND 4.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 997, 1953, P. 123, PLATE 1,

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 595, P. 113, PLATE XI.

Reference (Deposit): TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference (Deposit): PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

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.