Ely Gold Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Manganese

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10040457
MRDS ID	M055250
Record type	Site
Current site name	Ely Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names	Robinson
Related records	10295824

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-114.94781, 39.27133 (WGS84)
Relative position	STATION NNRR EGAN RANGE, NW OF ELY 5 MI
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Nevada	White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Mount Diablo	016N	062E	12		Nevada

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Mercury	Primary
Gold	Tertiary
Copper	Tertiary
Silver	Tertiary
Lead	Tertiary
Zinc	Tertiary
Manganese	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

HG FROM AMALGAMATION TAILINGS

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	119
USGS model code	39a
BC deposit profile	C01. C02
Deposit model name	Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number	54

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-114.94781, 39.27133	ListMap

Ore body information

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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Production years	1942

Mining district

District name	Ely District

Comments on the production information

HG IS FROM AMALGAMATION TAILINGS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M055250

Bibliographic references

Deposit

NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES: 1932, METAL AND NONMETAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 16
Production

USBM UNPUB DATA

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-DEC-1975	Gassaway, Judith S.	U.S. Geological Survey