The Silver Conner Shaft is a silver and gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,599 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: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.47889, -115.99417
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Silver Conner Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Conner Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1877
Discovery Year: 1877
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Silver Conner Transverse Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKED FROM 1877 GO 1921 INTERMITTANTLY. 5,937 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $167,132 WERE PRODUCED. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF THE SHAFT, A 3,000 FT ADIT AND 4 MILES OF SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS. WHICH PROBABLY INCLUDE THE PROSPECT MOUNTAIN TUNNEL, COLORADO TUNNEL & CHICAGO TUNNEL
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500 M.
Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1877 TO 1921
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR CAVITIES OR CAVES IN CARBONATE, CONNECTED BY SEAMS AND SMALL FISSURES
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, 3000-FT. ADIT AND SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR CAVITIES OR CAVES IN CARBONATE, CONNECTED BY SEAMS AND SMALL FISSURES
References
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B. (1962)
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100120
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV. USGS PP. 406
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM I.C. 7022
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.
