The 16 to 1 Mine is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,890 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,890 Feet (2,100 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.71556, -117.78389
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16 to 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: 16 to 1 Mine
Secondary: Hidalgo claim
Secondary: Desert Eagle claim
Secondary: Sixteen-to-One claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sunshine Mining and Refining Co.
Info Year: 1990
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: vein/lode/replacement
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: NE-TRENDING FAULTS
Type: R
Description: SILVER PEAK CALDERA
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: OXIDATION DUE TO SUPERGENE ALTERATION; STRONG PROPYLITIZATION; LOCAL ARGILLIZATION AND SILICIFICATION
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Description: volcanic flows and breccias of
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Late Miocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Host
Description: volcanic flows and breccias of
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Late Miocene
Name: Latite
Role: Host
Description: volcanic flows and breccias of
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Late Miocene
Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Host
Description: volcanic flows and breccias of
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Late Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Description: volcanic flows and breccias of
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Late Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1.5 MILES WEST OF NIVLOC MINE . UTM IS TO ADIT ON THE PROPERTY, BY COTTONWOOD SPRINGS. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Development): DISCOVERER, OLOF OLSON COMPLETED MOST OF THE RELATIVELY SHALLOW WORKINGS ON THE VEIN PRIOR TO 1940. IN 1961 AND 1962, CALLAHAN MINING CO., UNDER LEASE AND OPTION, COMPLETED 5 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES TO TEST THE VEIN STRUCTURE AT DEPTH UP TO 1000 FT. DOWN. UNDER ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE AND OPTION, MID CONTINENT URANIUM DROVE A 1030-FT. CROSSCUT TUNNEL TO INTERSECT VEIN AT 350-500 FT. BELOW THE OUTCROP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT ACQUIRED IN 1960'S BY SUNSHINE MINING CO. (2/3 INTEREST) AND MIDCONTINENT URANIUM CO. (1/3 INTEREST). CONSTRUCTION OF A 550 TON PER DAY MILL BEGAN IN MAY, 1981. OPENING OF THE MILL IS SLATED FOR MARCH, 1982, EXPECTED TO EMPLOY 60 PERSONS AT MINE AND MILL. IN 1963, MID-COntINENT URANIUM CO. ACQUIRED LEASES AND OPTIONS ON THE MOHAWK AND SANGER MINES; AND STAKED THE CLIFF GROUP OF 28 CLAIMS COVERING THE INTERVENING GROUND BETWEEN THE 16 TO 1 AND MOHAWK PROPERTY. THE GROUP OF CLAIMS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY MID-CONTINENT IN 1964 FORMED A CONTIGUOUS GROUP OF 67 CLAIMS FROM THE 16 TO 1 PROPERTY TO THE MOHAWK AND SANGER PROPERTIES. Exploration activity was suspended in 1995.
Comment (Economic Factors): 1988: Proven and probable res.: 514,353 t ore, 2,160,283 oz Ag, 11,316 oz Au production 1982-1986; 1990-1992; 1993-1995: totalled 5,150,441 oz Ag; 1993-1994: 1,596,674 lbs. Cu, 1,061,408 lbs. Sb
Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, ACANTHITE, NATIVE AG
Comment (Identification): All material from MRDS Record No. M241976 has been incorporated into this new record.
Comment (Commodity): Gangue Materials: WHITE CALCITE, QUARTZ, BLACK CALCITE, CLAY MINERALS
Comment (Deposit): VEINS ARE SHEETED, TABULAR BODIES; EPITHERMAL FISSURE VEIN WHICH PERSISTS TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 253 M. WHERE IT IS 12 M. WIDE. HANGING WALL IS SHEETED QUARTZ-CALCITE WITH MANGANESE OXIDES AND CLAY POCKETS. THE FOOTWALL SIDE IS MOSTLY MASSIVE CALCITE PARTIALLY REPLACED BY QUARTZ
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS; ACCESS TUNNEL 1075 FT. LONG TRAVERSES THE STRIKE OF THE VEINS; VEIN HAS BEEN EXPLORED BY MANY INCLINED BOREHOLES AND CORE DRILLING. IN 1966 SHRINKAGE STOPING WAS PLANNED, WITH 6000 FT. OF ADDITIONAL WORKINGS INCLUDING 2 LOWER LEVELS CONNECTED TO ADIT LEVEL BY A 400-FT. WINZE. A MILL WAS PLANNED.
References
Reference (Deposit): PAY DIRT, INTERMOUNTAIN, JUNE, 1980. { { 11) NEV. MINING ASSOC. BULL. NOV-DEC 1980-JAN 1981. { { 12) NEVADA MINING ASSOC. BULL, JUNE, 1981 { { 13) MINING RECORD, 1981
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989
Reference (Deposit): DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS ROSOURCES, 1989
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R.P. AND KEITH, W.J., 1971, GEOCHEMICAL DATA FOR THE SIXTEEN-TO-ONE MINE NEAR SILVER PEAK, ESMERALDA CO., NEV: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): ROBINSON, P.T., 1972, PETROLOGY OF THE POTASSIC SILVER PEAK VOLCANIC CENTER, WESTERN NEVADA: GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL. VOL. 83, P. 1693-1708.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, W.J., 1977, USGS BULL. 1423.
Reference (Deposit): NEWS CLIPPING, RENO EVENING GAZETTE, MAR. 4, 1981: "ESMERALDA SILVERMINE NEARS COMPLETION".
Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, SEPT. 24, 1980.
Reference (Deposit): PROSPECTUS FOR SUNSHINE MINING CO., DEC. 11, 1980
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON TALK BY EBBLEY, GENERAL MANAGER OF MIDCONTINENT URANIUM AT ROCKY MTN. MINERAL CONFERENCE IN DENVER, COLO., 1966.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SOC. NEV. TALK, SEPT. 10, 1982
Reference (Deposit): NEV. MINING ASSOC., BULL., MAY-JULY, 1980.
Reference (Deposit): MI-80 thru MI-88; Amer. Mines, 1989; Amer. Mines, 1990; Young, 1983 (MD101, I47; MASMILS; Goldfield Land Status, 1978; NBMG Bull 78; USGS Bull 1423; Ebbley, (MD101, I6), 1966
Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.
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.
