The Illinois Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.99444, -117.88111
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Illinois Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Illinois Mine
Secondary: Marble Camp
Secondary: Sand Mound Shaft
Secondary: Silver Link Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Lodi District/Marble
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Burt, C. I.
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: Jack Swanson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1874
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: Paradise Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault, Reverse Faulting
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
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 47.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.01 % U3O8.
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): OVER $1 MILLION PRODUCTION HAD BEEN RECORDED BY 1948A G3 82 04
Comment (Deposit): THREE VEINS: THE ILLINOIS, WELCH, AND EAST VEIN. THREE VEINS COMPRISE A ZONE UP TO 150 FT WIDE, TRACEABLE FOR ABOUT A MILE LATERALLY.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,060 FT ILLINOIS SHAFT, 400 FT SAND MOUND SHAFT, AND THE 65 FT SILVER LINK SHAFT.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP. PROPERTY CONSIST OF FIVE PATENTED AND 18 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS.
Comment (Development): DRIFTS, STOPES AND CONNECTED WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 238, ITEM 7
Reference (Deposit): KRUEGER,AND SCHILLING,J., 1971, GEOCHRON /NBMG K/AR AGE DETERMINATIONS, LIST 1: ISOCHRON WEST, NO.71-1,P.9-14.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 86
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 96
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 238, ITEM 1 (1948)
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.
