The Chief of the Hills is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,599 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
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.46028, -114.85944
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Chief of the Hills MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chief of the Hills
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Searchlight
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL RECORDED PRODUCTION FOR 1909 - 12 , 1917 - 19 , 1922 - 23 . ORE SENT TO CYRUS NOBLE MILL AND RIVERVIEW GOLD MINING AND MILLING CO.
Comment (Workings): VEIN HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY ADITS RATHER THAN SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): VEIN MATERIAL IS BRECCIATED ANDESITE PORPHYRY CEMENTED WITH VUGGY COMB. QUARTZ; THE COUNTY ROCK IS EPIDOTIZED IN A BROAD ZONE PARALLELING THE VEIN. CAVITIES ARE PARTLY FILLED WITH GRAY CALCITE, SOME OF WHICH IS MANGANIFEROUS AND HAS AN ORANGE CAST.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1939 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO., NEV. USGS BULL. 906 - D P. 184
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.
