The Austin Silver Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Austin Silver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Austin Silver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River District
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
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Postmineral Joints
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Location): CHOSE A POINT IN W 1/2 SECTION
Comment (Production): GREATER THAN $100,000 PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN PATTERN IS LOCALLY RETICULATE WITH IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS GENERALLY LESS THAN 100 FT LONG.
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88
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.
