The Siegel Mine is a manganese and silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.72889, -114.60806
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Siegel Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Siegel Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum (Siegel, Queen Springs Subdistrict)
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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Lazarus, Sam
Home Office: St Louis, Mo.
Years: 1919 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Numerous Faults
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 23-45% MN.
Analytical Data: TR-0.5 OZ/T AU
Analytical Data: 1-2.5% ZN
Analytical Data: 0.5-4.0% PB
Analytical Data: AG CARRIED AS A CHLORIDE. ORES RANGED FROM 70-270 OZ/T AG
Materials
Ore: Alabandite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Lead
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF SIEGAL CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1982)
Comment (Production): SILVER ORE FROM 1902-1908 SHOWS A PRODUCTION OF 1,200 TONS THAT AVERAGED 37.4 PER CENT OF MANGANESE. ORE CARRIED 40-60 OZ AG PER TON, AND 3% PB.
Comment (Development): ORE DUMP MATERIAL WAS BEING SHIPPED IN 1913. SIEGEL TOGETHER WITH LUCKY MINE PRODUCED MORE SILVER THAN ANY OTHER AURUM PROPERTIES UNTIL AT LEAST 1916. 10 MEN EMPLOYED IN 1935.
Comment (Workings): THE UPPER WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CROSSCUT TUNNEL WHICH TRENDS S10E FOR 100 FT TO A FAULT THAT STRIKES S61E AND DIPS 65N ALONG WHICH DRIFTS EXTEND AT LEAST 350 FT EAST AND 100 FT WEST UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NEARLY 7,000 FT IN LENGTH
Comment (Geology): ORE IN IRREGULAR PIPELIKE BODIES OCCURRING ALONG BEDDING PLANES.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P. 150.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M. 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL. 648
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME AND BURCHARD, 1919, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEO. PART 1 METALS & NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS USGS BULL 710
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR.,AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, P.43.
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T. AND JONES, E.L. JR., 1920, USGS BULL 71O-F, P. 212-216.
Reference (Deposit): SCHMITT, HARRISON, 1954, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322, ITEM 4; UNPUB. MATERIAL.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322 PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1935 MINING RECORD CLIPPING.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.
Reference (Production): HILL 1916
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.
