The Silvershield Property is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Silvershield Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silvershield Property
Secondary: May Be Same As Unnamed Prospects #5
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BUNCHES, STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Alteration Of Rhyolite To "Talc" + Quartz
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AG RANGES FROM 0.6 OZ/TON TO 37.5 OZ/TON
Analytical Data: OF 12 CHANNEL SAMPLES, ONLY 3 SHOW MORE THAN A TRACE OF GOLD
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): UPPER TUNNEL, 200 FT. LONG; LOWER TUNNEL 400 FT LONG WITH 2 LONG RAISES, 9 SMALL WINZES, AND RAISES 10-35 FT LONG
Comment (Location): NORTH OF THE KANROHAT PROPERTY; WNW OF WAREAGLE GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): ORES IS IN BUNCHES AND STRINGERS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A.F., 1920, REPORT ON SILVERSHIELD PROPERTY, JEFFERSON CANYON, NYE CO., NV: NBMG FILE 247, ITEM 4.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL. 50.
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.
