Seever Property

The Seever Property is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada.

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

Name: Seever Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 38.71556, -116.98278

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Seever Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Seever Property


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jefferson Canyon District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RICHEST SAMPLE OVER 2.5 FT VEIN WIDTH ASSAYED 0.8 OZ/T AU, 29.96 OZ/T AG, AVERAGE RANGE, 1.4-11.4 OZ/TON AG.


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG, SEVERAL RAISES, WINZE,-SMALL AMOUNT OF STOPING AND CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SURFACE DRIFTING AND STOPING.

Comment (Location): IN JEFFERSON CANYON, 1 MILE NW OF KANROHAT PROPERTY. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SURFACE DRIFTING AND STOPING DONE IN EARLY DAYS BY INDIANS AND MEXICANS

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS BUNCHES AND SEAMS OF HIGH-GRADE AG ORE, STRINGERS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE.


References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50

Reference (Deposit): STOTESBURY, H.W., 1918, REPORT ON SEEVER PROPERTY, JEFFERSON CANYON; NBMG FILE 247-ITEM 2


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.