The Cornish Claims is a silver and lead mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,171 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,171 Feet (1,576 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.02778, -118.02389
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Cornish Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cornish Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2550
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Table Mountain 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2550, DUMP SELECT, CONTAINS 7% FE, 0.2 % MG, 5 % CA, 0.01 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 200 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 150 PPM BI, 500 PPM CD, 150 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 200 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 7000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): SILVER-LEAD ORES OCCUR IN WHITE QUARTZ VEINS IN LIMESTONE.
Comment (Deposit): THE SILVER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF CORNISH CAMP WERE ACTIVELY WORKED IN THE EARLY 1870'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): ACTIVELY WORKED IN 1870'S. THE SILVER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF CORNISH CAMP WERE ACTIVELY WORKED IN THE EARLY 1870'S. NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1984.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN AND GOSSAN IN LIMESTONE AND SHALE. VEIN IS STRONGLY BRECCIATED, TO 2 M WIDE, GOSSAN LOCALLY ABUNDANT. QUARTZ CONTAINS GALENA, SOME CERUSSITE, OXIDIZED PYRITE. FAIRLY RECENT CLAIMS IN THE AREA.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1870'S
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINER RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWS LETTER PUBL. CO., P. 11-12.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 24 SEP 84, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
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.
