Silver Prize

The Silver Prize is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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 Prize  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 40.35778, -116.72667

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Silver Prize MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Prize
Secondary: Lovey Ground


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
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: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust, In A Zone Of Numerous Imbricate Thrust Slices, Such As The Lander Thrust.

Type: L
Description: High Angle Nw Trending Gold Quartz Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Marcasite


Comments

Comment (Development): UPPER LODE EXPLORED BY A 40-FT. INCLINE; LOWER VEIN OPENED BY 3 SHORT ADITS.

Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS

Comment (Workings): 40-FT INCLINE; 3 SHORT ADITS

Comment (Geology): THE TWO VEINS AVERAGE 2 FEET IN WIDTH ONLY OXIDIZED ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE VEINS PROBABLY JOIN AT DEPTH. (EMMONS 1910)

Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS ARE PRESENT ON THE CLAIM. THE UPPER LODE IS EXPLORED BY A 40 FOOT INCLINE, AND THE LOWER VEIN IS OPENED IN THREE SHORT ADITS. ADJOINS THE GRAND PRIZE CLAIM ON THE NORTHWEST.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :PATENTED CLAIM

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ALSO INCLUDED SOME COPPER AND ZINC


References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 93, REFERENCE NO 3201500128

Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS, NEV. USGS BULL 408

Reference (Deposit): WRUCKE, C. T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP -647

Reference (Production): EMMONS, W. M., 1910


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.