Chief of the Hills

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

Name: Chief of the Hills  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

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

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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

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.