Arrowhead Silver Signal Mines

The Arrowhead Silver Signal Mines is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: 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

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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

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Materials

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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.