The Illinois Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Illinois Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Illinois Mine
Secondary: Silver Prince Mine
Secondary: Ora Lovell Mine
Secondary: Lovell Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pahranagat
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Overthrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FOUR-FOOT CHIP SAMPLE BY US BUREAU OF MINES GAVE: .005 OZ AU/TON, 10 OZ AG/TON, 4.4% PB, AND .2% CU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEIN 3-6 FT THICK
Comment (Location): IN SILVER CANYON, ADJOINING THE INDIANA CLAIM
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. ILLINOIS CLAIM WORKED 1868-1897. SILVER PRINCE MINE ACTIVE PRIOR TO 1923. IN 1868 LOT YIELDED $112 PER TON
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN, PART OF THE MAIN HIKO LODE, CONTAININGCHIMNEYS OF RICH ORE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS ARE 225 FEET APART WITH A CONNECTING DRIFT. 1 SHAFT AND 3 TUNNELS IN 1870, THE UPPER TUNNEL NEAR SURFACE, THE SECOND CUTTING THE SHAFT 187 FT BELOW SURFACE,-AND THE THIRD 228 FT BELOW SURFACE.
References
Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ, AND OTHERS, 1970
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W. H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1334.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C. , 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY, REN-O, NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R. W., 1870, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1869, P. 194-201.
Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R. W., 1869, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1868, P. 112-115.
Reference (Deposit): BROWNE, J. R. 1868, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1867,P. 339-340.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
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.
