The Gila Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,581 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,581 Feet (2,006 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.03472, -116.18306
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Gila Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gila Mine
Secondary: New Hope Lode Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Reveille 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: Gila Mines Corp., Bob Nichols, Supt.
Home Office: P. O. Box 210, Tonopah, Nv 89049
Years: 1981 -
Owner Name: Gila Silver Mining Co.
Years: 1875 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: FLAT BLANKET DEPOSIT
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized Ore Near The Surface. Silicification Along Fault Zone.
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN OCCURS IN A 150 FT THICK QUARTZITE BODY. ORE ZONE DIPS FROM NEARLY HORIZONTAL TO NEARLY VERTICAL. CLAY PARTINGS SEPARATE VEIN MATERIAL FROM COUNTRY ROCK. EARLY-MINED ORE SHOOTS WERE TABULAR, CONTINUOUS AND UP TO 6 FT THICK.
Comment (Development): GILA SILVER MINING CO. (1866-1891) OPERATED A 10-STAMP MILL AT THE GILA MINE FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS DURING WHICH ABOUT HALF THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL YIELD WAS MINED. THE DUMPS WERE WORKED IN 1920 AND AGAIN 1940-41. AN EXPLOSION IN THE GILA MINE KILLED TWO MINERS IN AUG., 1981. IT WAS STILL LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT MINE AND HEAP-LEACH OPERATION TO EARLY 1982, EMPLOYING 23 PERSONS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 460 FT SHAFT, A 286 FT ADIT ANOTHER LONG ADIT, SEVERAL SHALLOW HOLES, OPEN PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): EKREN, EB, ROGERS, CL, AND DIXON, GL, 1973, GEOL. AND BOUGUER GRAVITY MAP OF THE REVEILLE QUAD.: USGS MAP I-806
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 BULL 50
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN CALENDAR YEAR 1981.
Reference (Deposit): 1981, NEVADA STATE JOURNAL NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS-AUG.
Reference (Production): KLEINHAMPL, 1980
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.
