The Silver Sulphide Group is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,348 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: 6,348 Feet (1,935 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.70861, -116.82639
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Silver Sulphide Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Sulphide Group
Secondary: Cactus Silver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Cactus Spring District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: Bailey, Edith F.
Home Office: San Bernardino, Ca
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Cactus Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Rhyolite Is Silicified And Kaolinized
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 265 FT SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 41
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, GEOLOGY RECON. IN SW NEVADA AND E. CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 95-96.
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.
