The Ten Mile Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,626 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,626 Feet (1,410 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.9775, -117.96111
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Ten Mile Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ten Mile Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2366
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Ten Mile District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Tenmile Mining Co., Scott S. Schussler, Operations Manager
Home Office: 555 W. 2nd Street, Winnemucca, Nv 89445
Years: 1983 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2366 OF SELECT QUARTZ VEIN MATTER FROM VEIN EXPOSURE 35 M SW OF HEADFRAME CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.15 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.02 % TI, 1000 PPM MN, 0.7 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 50 PPM BA, 10 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 70 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 100 PPM SB, 10 PPM V, AND 0.95 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT; INCLINED SHAFT HAS RECENTLY BEEN RECONDITIONED HEADFRAME (1984; RECENT ROTARY DRILL HOLES.
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS PITS, TRENCHES, ADITS, AND FIVE INCLINED SHAFTS, N AND NNW-TRENDING SHEAR ZONES IN SLATE AND DIORITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Deposit): 1863-SILVER WAS DISCOVERED IN GALENA CANYON; 1864; COPPER & SILVER WERE DISCOVERED IN COPPER CANYON; FIRST PRODUCTION WAS IN 1868. MINING CONTINUED THROUGH 1875 WITH ORE BEING SHIPPED TO SMELTERS IN SWANSEA, WALES. DECLINE FROM 1875 TO TURN OF CENTURY. 1909-GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN PHILADELPHIA CANYON, PROMPTING A REJUVENATION OF THE DISTRICT. 1916-FORMATION OF COPPER CANYON MINING CO. WHICH HAD LARGE PRODUCTION OF COPPER FROM BOTH COPPER CANYON AND COPPER BASIN DURING WORLD WAR I. THERE WAS INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION UNTIL WORLD WAR II WHEN THERE WAS ANOTHER PRODUCTION BOOM UNDER LEASE TO INT. SMELTING AND REFINING CO. AS ARCO DID EXPLORATION WORK IN THE DISTRICT FROM 1959 TO 1961 WHEN DUVAL ACQUIRED IT AND CONTINUED EXPLORATION CULMINATING IN THE OPENING OF BOTH COPPER CANYON AND COPPER BASIN OPEN PIT MINES IN 1967, BY WHICH BATTLE MOUNTAIN BECAME ONE OF NEVADA'S LARGEST COPPER PRODUCERS. IN 1977, BECAUSE OF DEPRESSED CU MARKET, DUVAL ANNOUNCED PLANS TO PHASE OUT CU PRODUCTION IN
Comment (Deposit): CU. CANYON MILLING OPERATIONS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CONVERTING THE TO A GOLD FACILITY, WITH THE INCREASE IN GOLD PRICES. AT PRESENT, ONLY GOLD IS BEING PRODUCED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984, BUT IT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE OPERATED IN 1983, AND WAS LISTED AS AN ACTIVE UNERGROUND GOLD MINE EMPLOYING 5 PERSONS IN 1983.
Comment (Geology): GARNET-DIOPSIDE-TREMOLITE-ACTINOLITE SKARN ASSOC WITH ORE IN SOME OREBODIES.
Comment (Deposit): MILKY QUARTZ VEIN MATTER OCCURS IN AN APPROXIMATE 25 CM WIDE VEIN CUTTING MICROGRANODIORITE. THE VEIN MATERIAL IS OXIDIZED; ONLY LIMONITE OCCURS IN CLOTS AND VUGS. MICROGRANODIORITE IS LOCALLY ARGILLIZED. HORNFELS-GRANODIORITE CONTACT IS QUITE NEAR THE VEIN, AND HORNFELS MAY FORM THE WALLROCK LOCALLY.
Comment (Location): SE SIDE TENMILE HILLS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOLUME I.
Reference (Deposit): WILDEN, RONALD, (1964) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG, BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): GARSI, L.J., 10 OCT 84, NBMG 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.
