Pershing County, Nevada has 74,632 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 805 records of mines listed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Quick Facts
- 74,632 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
- 15,743 active mining claims
- 58,889 closed mining claims
- 805 USGS records of mines in Pershing County, Nevada.
- Gold , Silver , Copper , Lead , and Antimony mines located in Pershing County, Nevada. See All
Claims Summary
in Pershing County, Nevada
- 74,632 Total
- 15,743 Active
- 58,889 Closed
Mines Summary
in Pershing County, Nevada
- 805 Total
- 183 Occurrences
- 165 Prospects
- 21 Plants
- 436 Producers
Pershing County Mine Locations
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Recently Updated Mining Claims
Most recently updated claims in Pershing.
Mining Claims (BLM)
Pershing County, Nevada has 74,632 mining claims on public land listed in The Diggings™. Of these claims, 21.09% are active while 78.91% are now closed.
Quick BLM Facts
- 74,632 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
- 15,743 records of active mining claims
- 58,889 records of closed mining claims
Mine By Disposition
In Pershing
| COUNTY | Authorized mines |
|---|---|
| closed | 58889 |
| active | 15743 |
Pershing County, Nevada Trends Overview
January 2021 vs. January 2020
January 2021
January 2020
Net
Change
Opened Claims
4
10
6
60%
Opened Acres
80
193
113.95
58.75%
Transfered Claims
6
1
5
500%
Transfered Acres
122
20
102.63
513.19%
Closed Claims
1
0
1
Closed Acres
20
0
20.65
Located Claims
4
9
5
55.55%
Located Acres
80
173
93.29
53.83%
Mining Trends
Historic Mining Records (USGS)
Pershing has 805 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Pershing mines are Gold , Silver , and Copper . At the time these mines were surveyed, 183 mines in Pershing were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill hole—known as an occurance mine.1 Pershing has 165 prospect mines.2 436 mines were in production at the time the data was entered into USGS records.
Quick USGS Facts
- 805 records of mines in Pershing County, Nevada.
- 165 records of prospects
- 183 records of mineral occurrences of observable ore mineralization.
- 21 records of mining plants
- 436 records of mineral producers
Mine By Disposition
In Pershing
| COUNTY | Authorized mines |
|---|---|
| Producers | 436 |
| Occurrences | 183 |
| Prospects | 165 |
| Other | 21 |
1 Grade, tonnage, and extent of mineralization for such mines are unspecified.
2 Such mines have some degree of development such as surface trenching, adits, shafts, drill holes, geophysics, geochemistry, or geological mapping to estimate grade and tonnage.
Popular Public Lands & Regions
in Pershing County, Nevada
Land TypeTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
South Jackson Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Calico Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
Top Mining Districts
in Pershing County, Nevada
StateTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Rosebud Mining District
Nevada
1,251
1,138
113
24,016.65
28
4
3
1
20
Goldbanks Mining District
Nevada
1,122
1,100
22
22,702.57
14
2
1
2
9
Rochester Mining District
Nevada
935
929
6
17,839.10
48
5
7
2
34
Antelope Springs-Pershing County Mining District
Nevada
881
853
28
17,575.97
39
9
6
1
23
Farrell-Seven Troughs Mining District
Nevada
895
817
78
17,381.62
63
18
10
1
34
Spring Valley Mining District
Nevada
710
692
18
13,481.30
32
4
4
0
24
Antelope-San Jacinto Mining District
Nevada
773
609
164
12,861.16
40
16
5
0
19
Imlay-Humboldt Mining District
Nevada
568
559
9
11,604.31
31
10
2
2
17
Kennedy Mining District
Nevada
958
510
448
10,534.61
35
1
14
2
18
Willard Mining District
Nevada
457
453
4
9,296.27
19
4
1
4
10
Top Owners
in Pershing County, Nevada
CityStateCategoryInterest RelationshipTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive Acres
Hycroft Resources & Devlopment
Denver
Colorado
Corporation
Claimant
1,532
1,532
0
31,615.54
Coeur Rochester Inc.
Chicago
Illinois
Corporation
Claimant
1,480
1,463
17
28,056.95
Solidus Resources LLC
Reno
Nevada
Corporation
Claimant
1,031
1,031
0
20,361.41
Pershing Gold Co.
Lovelock
Nevada
Corporation
Claimant
847
838
0
17,313.08
Kinross Goldbanks Mining Co.
Denver
Colorado
Corporation
Claimant
663
662
1
13,670.03
Popular Towns, Cities, Etc.
in Pershing County, Nevada
CountyStateTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Unionville
Pershing
Nevada
33,389
7,557
25,832
151,156.97
401
62
67
15
257
Humboldt River Ranch
Pershing
Nevada
26,957
6,887
20,070
137,185.16
396
68
64
17
247
Oreana
Pershing
Nevada
26,416
6,608
19,808
131,336.00
380
67
57
13
243
Woolsey
Pershing
Nevada
26,018
6,432
19,586
127,551.88
366
62
56
13
235
Humboldt
Pershing
Nevada
25,134
5,407
19,727
109,958.07
412
82
64
14
252
Imlay
Pershing
Nevada
25,940
4,851
21,089
99,638.03
365
65
62
9
229
Mill City
Pershing
Nevada
24,985
4,211
20,774
87,144.87
335
60
55
13
207
Lovelock
Pershing
Nevada
18,828
4,103
14,725
80,458.46
304
65
54
13
172
Cosgrave
Pershing
Nevada
24,258
3,176
21,082
67,246.88
302
58
65
16
163
Toulon
Pershing
Nevada
9,324
943
8,381
21,498.80
197
70
45
5
77
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