The Radiator Hill is a silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 41.82361, -117.58917
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Radiator Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Radiator Hill
Secondary: Radiator Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: National Distirct
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
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
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 12 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: TRACE OF GOLD
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEIN CONSISTS OF STRINGERS OF COMB QUARTZ WITH RADIAL STIBNITE ALONG WALLSAND TETRAHEDRITE SPECKS IN THE QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): VEINS HERE WERE DISCOVERED PRIOR TO 1911. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): UNKNOWN AMOUNT
Comment (Development): REPORTED IN 1922 THAT THE PROPERTY "WAS BEING DEVELOPED UNDER BOND BY SEATTLE CAPITALISTS"
Comment (Deposit): VEIN ON SURFACE 300 FT. ALONG STRIKE.
Comment (Location): ON RADIATOR HILL 1/4 MILE SW OF NATIONAL
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL 601
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E. F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 61
Reference (Deposit): CUTLER, H. C., 1910, MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, VOL. 101, P. 606-607.
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.
