The Sierra Nevada Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,799 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
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.71278, -116.97639
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Sierra Nevada Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sierra Nevada Mine
Secondary: Kanrohat Mine
Secondary: Claims of Jefferson Gold and Silver Mining Co.: Sierra Nevada,
Secondary: Union-South, Oregon, Admiral, Monitor, Starry-Flag, Bryan, Kearsage,
Secondary: Maine, New York, Missouri, Berlin, Prussian Fraction, Alabama,
Secondary: Jefferson Cross.
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1873
Discovery Year: 1873
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AG: AU RATIO = 4:1
Materials
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS: THE BRYAN VEIN; SIERRA NEVADA VEIN; JEFFERSON CROSS VEIN
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 50 FT DEEP; 720-FT DEEP SHAFT, 50-FT. SHAFT, SEVERAL 100-FT. CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS; 2-360-FT DRIFTS; 500 FT MORE DRIFTS; PLUS OTHER WORKINGS.
Comment (Location): ON SOUTH SIDE OF JEFFERSON CANYON JUST UPSTREAM OF RUINS OF JEFFERSON TOWNSITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): THE MINE PRODUCED OVER $3 MILLION IN ITS FIRST 18 MONTHS OF PRODUCTION. PRODUCTION WAS SPORADIC FOR OVER 50 YEARS
Comment (Development): SIERRA NEVADA, OR KANROHAT VEIN. A MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THIS PROPERTY IN 1909 BY NEW YORK PEOPLE, BUT SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF LITIGATION. S. H. BRADY & CO. RECONSTRUCTED THE MILL AND EQUIPPED IT FOR FLOTATION IN 1917 PRODUCING SOME FLOTATION CONCENTRATE CONTAINING AU AND AG IN 1918. BUT THE MILL PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL. ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY THE ELSA MINING CO. IN 1927-1928 ALSO FAILED. C. J. KANROHAT WORKED HIS PROPERTY FROM 1876 TO 1926
References
Reference (Production): KRAL, V.E. (1951)
Reference (Deposit): STOCKLEY, L.A., 1911; AND PROF. GEO. S. HOPKINS,-UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SIERRA-NEVADA GROUP: NBMG FILE 247, ITEM 12.
Reference (Deposit): BLACKBURN, W.H., 1919, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE JEFFERSON GOLD AND SILVER MINING CO: NBMG FILE 247 ITEM 10
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.J., 1914, UNPUBLISHED STATEMENT OF THE JEFFERSON GOLD AND SILVER MINING CO: NBMG FILE 247 ITEM 7.
Reference (Deposit): BERG, L.R., 1942, A HISTORY OF THE TONOPAH AREA AND ADJACENT REGION OF CENTRAL NEVADA; 1827-1941: M.A. THESIS, UNR
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.; NBMG BULL.
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.
