The Smith Valley Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.71694, -119.26583
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Smith Valley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Smith Valley Mine
Secondary: Telluride Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Wilson - Pine Grove
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limestone
Comments
Comment (Workings): LARGE SHAFT SUNK ON A 6-FOOT, HIGHLY SILICIFIED, FISSURE VEIN . THESE ARE FAIRLY LARGE WORKINGS WITH A WELL DEVELOPED CAMP, PART OF WHICH SERVED THE JACK RABBIT MINE JUST DOWN THE HILL.
Comment (Geology): THE META-SEDIMENTS ARE THOUGHT TO BE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC AND THE GRANITE OF CRETACEOUS AGE.
Comment (Production): SMALL UNRECORDED PRODUCTION
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: SMALL UNRECORDED PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OFMINES, BULLETIN 75 .
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS,WILSON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 06-14-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
