The Nevada Hills Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Nevada Hills Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nevada Hills Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview 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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To 300 Ft.
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Bromyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS EXPLORE NORTHWEST-TRENDING VEINS IN OR NEAR THE BORDER OF A DACITE INTRUSIVE BODY THAT CUTS SILICIC TUFFS. THE VEINS CONSIST LARGELY OF QUARTZ VEINS WHOSE WIDTH VARIES FROM 1 TO 40 FEET. SOME OF THE VEINS PINCH OUT UPWARD AND DO NOT CROP OUT; MOST PINCH OUT: OR BECAME BARREN DOWNWARD. THE MOST PRODUCTIVE VEINS WERE THE NEVADA HILLS VEIN AND THE EAGLE VEIN. (WILLDEN AND SPEED, P 73) SCHRADER (1947) GIVES AN EXTRAORDINARILY DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS DEPOSIT.
Comment (Geology): THREE OR MORE PERIODS OF MINERALIZATION HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R C, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F C, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947, NBMG FILES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.
