Unnamed Silver #2

The Unnamed Silver #2 is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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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.