The Arrowhead Silver Signal Mines is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.07944, -116.17333
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Arrowhead Silver Signal Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arrowhead Silver Signal Mines
Secondary: Arrowhead Signal Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Arrowhead District; Needles 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
Owner Name: Arrowhead Signal Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong, Of Tuffs
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): SITUATED BETWEEN THE ARROWHEAD MINE AND ARROWHEAD EXTENSION MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): OPERATED IN 1920 WITH "GOOD SURFACE INDICATIONS" NO ACTIVITY IN 1985
References
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., (1922) MINES HANDBOOK P. 1137, VOL XV
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., (1921), THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL, XIV
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-806
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NEV; NBMG BULL, IN PRESS, BULL 99B, 1984.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD NOTES.
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.
