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Grant Mountain Gold Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103591
MRDS ID M035097
Record type Site
Current site name Grant Mountain Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Nylene Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.83514, 38.53686 (WGS84)
Elevation 2585
Relative position 8 MI SW SO. END WALKER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Grant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 029E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LAPON CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU FAIRLY COARSE AND SHOWS ABRASION

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AU DERIVED FROM SERIES OF GASH VEINS IN GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1933 - 1935?

Mining district

District name Mount Grant

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE VALUE OF GROUND REPORTED TO BE 55 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD. LARGEST NUGGET HAD VALUE OF $30.00 . TOTAL PRODUCTION = $8,000

Comments on the workings information

  • GOLD OCCURS IN CHANNEL THAT AVERAGES 40 FEET IN WIDTH AND 9 FEET IN DEPTH. 2 YARDS OF OVERBURDEN REMOVED FOR EACH YARD OF MATERIAL PUT THROUGH SLUICELODE GOLD OCCURS IN QUARTZ VIENS IN GRANODIORITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEV.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG W. O., 1937 , INFORMATION CIRCULAR RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEV.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J.(10/05/81)

  • Production

    VANDERBURG ( 1937 - P 45 )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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