The Silver Hill Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.27306, -119.64639
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Silver Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Hill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Comstock Lode (Silver City)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1873
Discovery Year: 1859
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Silver City Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ON SILVER CITY LODE; VEIN.
Comment (Development): ORE PRODUCTION CONFINED TO SHALLOW DEPTHS(LT300 FT)
Comment (Geology): LATE PYRITE (POST-MINERAL) OCCURS ABUNDANTLY IN GOUGE AND WALLROCKS
Comment (Deposit): FIRST STARED IN 1859 ALONG THE SILVER CITY LODE. ORE PRODUCTION HAS BEEN CONFINED TO SHALLOW DEPTHS (LESS THAN 300 FEET) THIS MINE'S ORE HAS A HIGHER SILVER/GOLD RATIO THAN MOST VEINS OF THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): WPA STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.
Reference (Production): GIANELLA, V.P., 1936.
Reference (Deposit): GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 30, NO. 9
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.
