The Silver Guardian Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,640 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: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.51167, -118.07583
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Silver Guardian Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Guardian Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Type: L
Description: Along Extension Of Northwardly Trending Fault Of Which Neversweat And Vacation Deposits Occur
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, C. W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO. 1
Reference (Deposit): COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943 , NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION, ( 1859 - 1940 INCLUSIVE ), UNIV. OF NEV. BULL. 27 , NO. 4
Reference (Production): F (2)
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.
