The Silver Chief Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
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Silver Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Chief Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN
Comment (Deposit): SILVER ORE OCCURS AT CONTACT OF RHYOLITE WITH GRANITE.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN,. BUT IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORKINGS SHOWN ON THE TOPO SHEETS IN THE VICINITY OF RHYOLITE PASS. UTM IS APPROXIMATE - TO ONE MINE SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET, BUT LOCATION MAY BE INCORRECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NEVADA NEWLETTER PUBLISHING CO
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.
