The Arrowhead Syndicate Mines, Inc. 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: 38.08278, -116.17667
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Arrowhead Syndicate Mines, Inc. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arrowhead Syndicate Mines, Inc.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Arrowhead Syndicate Mines Inc.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong, Of Tuffs
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINING ARROWHEAD MINE ON THE SOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): INCORPORATED IN 1919-4 CLAIMS, 80 ACRES. WORK SUSPENDED IN 1920 FOR LACK OF FUNDS. NO ACTIVITY IN 1985
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Workings): 200-FT. DEEP SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1922, MINES HANDBOOK, 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, NBMG 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.
