The Clifford Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,161 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,161 Feet (1,878 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.13944, -116.47944
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Clifford Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clifford Mine
Secondary: Helena
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Clifford 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: W. B. Naismith, Western Gold Corp.
Years: 1925 - 1946
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
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: Kawich Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: PIPES AND BUNCHES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Leached Rhyolitic Volcanics
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Stephanite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): MINE OWNED BY CLIFFORD HILL MINING CO. IN 1906; WESTERN GOLD CORP. IN 1925-1946; THE LAST KNOWN LESSEES WERE ON THE PROPERTY IN THE MID-1960'S FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300 FT AND A 400 FT SHAFT. THE 400 FT SHAFT IS FLOODED TO THE 300 FT LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): THE VERTICAL FAULT IS HEAVILY PYRITIZED.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE ZONE IS 125 FT BY 70 FT THE SHEARED FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE WAS HEAVILY PYRITIZED, BUT THE ORE WAS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE AGGLOMERATE.
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1916, THE GOLDEN ARROW, CLIFFORD, AND ELLENDALE DISTRICTS: USGS BULL. 640-F, P. 121-122.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 220, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 220, ITEM 2.
Reference (Production): KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, 1980
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 42-43
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.
