Endowment Mine

The Endowment Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Endowment Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star 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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ne-Trending Faults

Type: L
Description: Strong Folding With Local Overturning, Tert And Quat Faulting

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Copper
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Smithsonite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): VARIOUSLY REPORTED AS $1,500,000 (LINCOLN); $150,000 (VANDEBURG) AND $78,000, 1877-1885 (COUCH & CARPENTER).

Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS WHOSE WIDTH VARIES FROM SEVERAL INCHES TO 6 FEET, AND WHICH STRIKE SOUTHEAST TO EAST AND DIP SOUTH ABOUT 45DEG OCCUR IN QUARTZITE, CONGLOMERATE, AND ARGILLITE. OXIDIZED ORES CONTAIN SILVER MINERALS WITH OSSOCIATED CERUSSITE, SMITHSONITE AND COPPER CARBONATES; THE OXIDIZED ORE CONSISTS OF GALENA, SPHALERITE, PYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE.

Comment (Workings): 800-FOOT TUNNEL, 300-FT WINZE FROM TUNNEL AND SEVERAL OTHER WINZES.

Comment (Deposit): THIS AREA WAS PART OF THE FIRST ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT, WHEN SILVE AND LEAD BEGAN TO BE PRODUCED IN THE 1860'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 19618 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO, P137-157.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937. RECONNAISSAFICE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. ARE. 6941, 79 P.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594.

Reference (Production): ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.7.

Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 37, NO 4, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 38.

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.