Rye Patch Mine

The Rye Patch Mine is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 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

Name: Rye Patch Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 40.43083, -118.22722

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Rye Patch Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rye Patch Mine
Secondary: Butte, Alpha, Silver Bell Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2571
Secondary: Rye Patch Silver Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rye Patch District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Fanning, John P.
Years: 1936 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1864
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: VEIN


Structure

Type: L
Description: Two Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.01 TO 0.62% WO3SAMPLE 2571, DUMP SELECT OF PYRITIZED SHALE AND LIMESTONE WITH QUARTZ STOCKWORK AND SULFIDES CONTAINS 2 % FE, 2 % -MG, 3 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 500 PPM B, 100 P-PM BA, 30 PPM BI, 300 PPM CD, 20 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI-, 10000 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 100 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 7000 PPM -ZN.


Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Galena
Unknown: Sphalerite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURRED IN BLACK BRECCIATED LIMESTONE BETWEEN TWO FAULTS. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BUNCHES AND BRANCHING STRINGERS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE IN LIMESTONE BOUNDED BY FISSURES AND GRADING INTO THE HOST ROCK. FIRST CLASS ORE DID NOT CONTAIN CALCITE, GALENA, OR SPHALERITE. SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A NARROW ZONE IN ALTERED LIMESTONE UNDERLYING THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT, AS FINELY DISSEMINATED GRAINS. N - NNW-TRENDING STOCKWORK BRECCIA ZONE IN LOWER PRIDA SHALEY CARBONACEOUS LIMESTONE ABOUT 100 M FROM KOIPATO GP -CONTACT. QUARTZ-CEMENTED STOCKWORK BRECCIA WITH MULTIPLE VEINL-ETS REPLACING LIMESTONE, SOME COARSE CALCITE. BRECCIATION IN P-ART HYDROTHERMAL ALONG TECTONIC BRECCIA ZONE.; MODEL NAME COULD BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.

Comment (Workings): THE MINES ARE DEVELOPED BY 6 MILES OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS THAT WERE ENTERED THROUGH SEVERAL TUNNELS.. IN 1984, NUMEROUS ADITS, SHAFTS, TRENCHES, EXTENSIVE DUMPS, MILL FOUNDATION AND TAILS.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM 1869-1881 VALUED AT $634,388. ANOTHER REPORTED PRODUCTION FOR 1869-1874 IS A VALUE OF $1,000,000, BY THE RYE PATCH MILLING COMPANY

Comment (Development): LOCATED IN 1864 AND WORKED ON FROM 1869 TO 1924. LATER TUNGSTEN WAS DISCOVERED ON THE PROPERTY. NO ACTIVITY IN 1984; SOME TRENCHING DONE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO; RECENT CLAIMS (PVC PIPE) IN AREA.

Comment (Location): W SIDE HUMBOLDT RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURRED IN A BLOCK OF BRECCIATED LIMESTONE BETWEEN TWO FAULTS. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BUNCHES AND BRANCHING STRINGERS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE IN LIMESTONE BOUNDED BY FISSURES AND GRADING INTO THE HOST ROCK. FIRST CLASS ORE DID NOT CONTAIN CALCITE, GALENA, OR SPHALERITE. SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A NARROW ZONE IN ALTERED LIMESTONE UNDERLYING THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT, AS FINELY DISSEMINATED GRAINS.

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1864 AND WORKED ON FROM 1869 TO 1921. LATER TUNGSTEN WAS DISCOVERED ON THE PROPERTY. THE MINES ARE DEVELOPED BY 6 MILES OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS THAT WERE ENTERED THROUGH SEVERAL TUNNELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV


References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, 1977; COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943; VANDERBURG 1936

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 414

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 27 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89


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