The Unnamed Silver #2 is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Silver #2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Silver #2
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Lafayette
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marbleization
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GROUP OF SHAFTS (PITS?) NORTH SHAFT 20 FEET DEEP, INCLINED 45 DEG NE IN LIMESTONE EXPOSED A QUARTE VEIN AS MUCH AS 3 FT WIDE CONTAINING MALACHITE, ACURITE, LIMEONITE (SMITH P.101) PROSPECTS EXPLOSE DARK-BROWN TO ORANGE-BROWN; NO PEROID GOSSAN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): SE SLOPES OF WOOD HILLS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN OF QUARTZ CONTINING MALACHITE, AZURITE, LIMONITE; DK BROWN TO ORANGE BROWN JASPEROID GOSSAN.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS OR PITS; ONE 20-FT SHAFT, INCLINED 45 DEG NE.
Comment (Geology): DOLOMITIC LIMESTONES ARE ORDSUCIAN, SILVRIAN, DEVONIAN AGE
References
Reference (Deposit): ERICKSON, R.C., ETAL (1966) GEOCHEMICAL RECONNAISANCE IN THE PEQU OP MOUNTAIN AND WOOD HILLS, ELKO CO., NEVADA, USGS BULL 1198E.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.(1964), MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN NEVADA & NW UTAH, VOL 1.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV., USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56
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.
