The Tilford is a gold and silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,900 feet.
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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: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.20389, -114.25083
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Tilford MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tilford
Secondary: Anna Lee
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Black Horse
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Small Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2.28% ZN (1983)
Analytical Data: TR AU
Analytical Data: SAMPLES FROM MINE ASSAYED UP TO 0.2 OZ/T AG
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NARROW CALCITE VEIN
Comment (Workings): CONSISTS OF AT LEAST A STOPE AND WINZE
Comment (Geology): NARROW CALCITE VEIN WITH FE AND CU STAINS
Comment (Location): IN SILVER CREEK CANYON ABOUT 0.5 MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE OF LEFT FORK AND MAIN FORK.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 50-83.
Reference (Deposit): HOSE,R.K., 1987, USGS MAP MF-1244-A.
Reference (Production): HOSE ET AL, 1976
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, CLARK & SMITH, 1976 GEO AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEO BULL 85
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.
