The Silver Reef Claim is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Silver Reef Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Reef Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tybo 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: Mc Gillivary And Gastoni
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1923 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TRACE AU.
Analytical Data: HIGHGRADE ROCK CHIP ASSAYED 61.6 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): "10 MILES OF ROUGH ROAD FROM WARM SPRINGS, AND THEN A 2000 FT CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE HOT CREEK RANGE" EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): SMALL PIPE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A 40-FT SHAFT IN 1923
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1933, GEOLOGY OF THE TYBO DISTRICT, NEVADA: NBMG. BULL. 20.
Reference (Deposit): BLACKBURN, W.H., 1923, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SILVER REEF CLAIM, HOT CREEK RANGE, NYE CO., NV: NBMG FILE 257, ITEM 5.
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.
