The Tybo Mine is a gold, silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,631 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,631 Feet (2,021 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 38.36861, -116.40222
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Tybo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tybo Mine
Secondary: 2g Shaft
Secondary: Hales Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tybo District; Tybo Creek Area
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: Pacific Silver Corp. And Silver King, Art Schultz, Supt.
Home Office: Tybo Via Tonopah, Nv 89049
Years: 1981 -
Owner Name: Silver King Mines, Inc. And The Pacific Silver Corp.
Years: 1970 -
Owner Name: Schultz, Art, Supt.
Home Office: Tonopah, Nv 89049
Years: 1981 -
Production
Year: 1930
Material type: CON ZN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Production For Month Of March. Contains 2.55 % Pb, 47.6 % Zn, 14.28 Oz Ag Per Ton
Year: 1930
Material type: CON PB
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Production For Month Of March. Contains 59.9 % Pb, 4 % Zn, 87.1 Oz Ag Per Ton
Year: 1930
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Production For Month Of March. Contains 5.95 % Pb, 4.14 % Zn, 9.44 Oz/Ton Ag.
Year: 1888
Time Period: 1872-1888
Material type: ORE AVG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1872-1879: 11 % Pb, 2.75 Oz Ag, 0.24 Oz Au Per Ton.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Year: 1869
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: Hot Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: The 2g Fault, Uncle Sam Fault, Dimick, Fault, And Gilmore Fault.Post-Mineral Faulting With Considerable Offset Of Ore Zones.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Ore Down To The 710 Ft Level.Pervasive Sericitization,Pyritization, And Calcite Replacement Of Host Rock And Silicification Of Limestone Adjacent To Ore. Also Some Propylitization.
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANALYSIS OF A COMPOSITE SAMPLE AVERAGED 7.38 % PB, 5.55 % ZN, 0.59 % AS, 0.02 % CU. GALENA CONTAINS 110 TO 130 OZ OF SILVER PER TON. SPHALERITE CONTAINS 20 OZ/TON SILVER. PYRITE CONTAINS 11 OZ/TON SILVER.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP.10 PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Production): 156 TONS OF ITEM 8 ARE FROM OTHER PROPERTIES. ITEM 17 AND 18 ARE FROM ITEM 1. PRODUCTION ALSO OCCUR IN 1901, 1906, 1917, 1928-1930, BUT THE AMOUNT IS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): BEST ORE IN SHATTERED PORPHYRY
Comment (Development): TREADWELL-YUKON ACQUIRED AND CONSOLIDATED MANY OF THE TYBO PROPERTIES IN 1925. THEY OPERATED FROM 1929 TO 1937 AND SANK THE HALES SHAFT. A POWER LINE WAS BEING INSTALLED IN 1981 AND IT WAS LISTED AS AN ACTIVE UNDERGROUND REHABILITATION EMPLOYING 8 PERSONS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1310 FT HALES SHAFT, THE 2G SHAFT, THE CROSBY SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): EARLY PRODUCTION WAS FROM RICH,NEAR-SURFACE OXIDIZED ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1933, GEOLOGY OF THE TYBO DISTRICT: NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 20, P. 42-48, 52-56.
Reference (Deposit): QUINLIVAN, W.D. AND ROGERS, C.L., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TYBO QUAD: USGS MAP I-821
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 192
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, JULY 8, 1981.
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1982, DIRECTORY OF MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN NEVADA DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1981.
Reference (Production): FERGUSON, 1933, P. 43-44.
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.
