The Mable Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,119 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,119 Feet (2,170 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.45889, -118.32250
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Mable Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mable Mine
Secondary: NBMG # 3594
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Garfield
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: West End Consolidated Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Jarosite
Unknown: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): $745,000.00
Comment (Development): DISCOVERY DATE UNKNOWN. A NEW ROAD, A650 FOOT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 FOOT INTERVALS AND A 130 FOOT WINZE FROM THE 600 LEVEL. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF TWO PATENTED AND FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; ECON.COM: ITS PEAK PRODUCTION FROM 1922-1940. THE MINE WAS BEING WORKED AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY.
Comment (Location): 1 MI. NW OF GARFIELD MINE, UNSURVEYED THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT ONE MILE NORTHWEST OF THE GARFIELD MINE ON THE WESTSIDE OF GARFIELD MOPUNTAIN. ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY PASSES THE GARFIELD MINE.
Comment (Workings): 650 FT SHAFT AND LEVELS AT 100 FT. INTERVALS A NEW ROAD HAD BEEN BUILT FROM GARFIELD FLAT AND WORK TO REOPEN THE MINE WAS IN PROGRESS.
Comment (Geology): THE WORKINGS FOLLOW A NEARLY-VERTICAL, MUCH-FAULTED, EAST-WEST VEIN SYSTEM THAT RANGES IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 3 FEET. ; GEOL.DESC: VEINS MOSTLY RUSTYQTZ. IN CHERT AND QUARTZITE
Comment (Deposit): THE VEINS WERE DESCRIBED AS BEING OXIDIZED TO CAVERNOUS QUARTZ WITH LIMONITE AND CERARGYRITE,NATIVE SILVER,JAROSITE,ANGLESITE, CHRYSOCOLLA AND MALACHITE. THE HOST ROCKS CONSIST OF CHERT,QUARTZITE, AND LIMESTONE OF THE TRIASSIC AGE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 4-20-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
Reference (Production): ROSS, F1
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.
