The Arrowhead Extension is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,319 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,319 Feet (1,926 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.08056, -116.17000
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Arrowhead Extension MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arrowhead Extension
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2741.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Arrowhead District; Needles District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: Arrowhead Extension Mining Co.
Years: 1923 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Reveille Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ene-Trending Faults.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 18.700000+-0.800000
Age Young: Miocene
Age Old: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 18.700000+-0.800000
Age Young: Miocene
Age Old: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS OF $1.20 TO $71.55 PER TON WERE REPORTED IN 1920. SAMPLE 2741 SELECT DUMP SAMPLE OF PROPYLITIZED DARK PURPLE ANDESITE TUFF WITH PYRITE AND SILVER SULFIDES ? CONTAI-NS 2 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 0.3 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 700 PPM MN, 0.7 PPM A-G, 15 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 30 PP-M PB, 500 PPM SB, 7 PPM SC, 20 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Development): ARROWHEAD EXTENSION MINING CO WAS INCORPORATED IN 1919 WITH BASE OFFICE IN TONOPAH. THE COMPANY OWNED 100 ACRES ADJOINING THE ARROWHEAD MINE ON THE SOUTH AND EAST, (1923). NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TWO COMPARTMENT SHAFT 150 FT DEEP.
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): WEED,W.H.,ED.,1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-806
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 16 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F. J. AND ZIONY, J. I., 1984, NBMG BULL 99B, P. 39-42
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEV NEWSLETTER PUBL CO, RENO, NV.
Reference (Deposit): WEED,W.H.,ED.,1921, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV.
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.
