The Steiner Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Steiner Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Steiner Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2828
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Trinity District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: PINCH-AND-SWELL, PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Granodiorite
Rocks
Name: Hornfels
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2828 CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.7 % MG, 1 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 2000 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 15 PPM BI, 50 PPM CD, 20 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 200 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 10000 PPM PB, 3000 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 700 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR, AND 8.0 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ALONG SOUTHEASTERN MARGIN OF A LARGE GRANODIORITE STOCK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): N TRINITY CANYON, ACCESSIBLE VIA POOR ROADS UP STREAM-FLOODED CHANNEL.
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE ALONG A SHEAR ZONE IN A N-TRENDNG STRUCTURE THAT IS HIGHLY ALTERED AND BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED AND IRON-STAINED, INCLUDING SOME OF THE COUNTRY ROCK OR FRESH GRANITE. SAMPLE 2828 IS OF ORE ZONE MATERIAL THAT FILLS THE SHEAR AS IN A FISSURE FILLING.
Comment (Workings): CAVED ADIT, SOME PROSPECTS, ALL VERY OLD.
Comment (Geology): SHEAR ZONE MINERALIZATION IS CHARACTERIZED BY A PINCH AND SWELL TYPE OF STRUCTURE THAT DEFINE PODS OF SHEARED AND BRECCIATED STRONGLY ALTERED GRANODIORITE, 2 TO 4 FEET WIDE AND ABOUT 10 FEET IN DIAMETER.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
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.
