Silver Glance Group

The Silver Glance Group is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,450 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Silver Glance Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 37.88222, -116.49472

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Silver Glance Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Glance Group


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Silverbow 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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Clifford, Mrs. Christina
Home Office: Reno
Years: 1951 -


Production

Year: 1942
Time Period: 1940-1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^35 Oz Ag, 0.05 Oz Au Per Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND A LOWER ADIT.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S


References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 163-164

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 164.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.