The Success Mine is a lead mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Success Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Success Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Duck Creek
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: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): EST
Comment (Production): SORTED ORE WAS SAID TO AVERAGE 65 % LEAD, 40 OUNCES SILVER, AND 0.5 OUNCE GOLD PER TON, ($10 AU/TON). NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUAL MINE. THOSE GIVEN FOR DISTRICT
Comment (Workings): THE ORE BODY IS DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINE THAT DIPS EAST AND IS 325 FT LONG, WITH LEVELS AT 110 AND 200 FT AND SOME SUBLEVEL WORK.
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS AS BEDDED REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE ABOVE THIN SHALY ARGILLACEOUS BEDS
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M. 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL 648
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV, NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL. 85
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.
