The Sylvanite Group is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,449 feet.
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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: 4,449 Feet (1,356 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 36.81861, -116.16639
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Sylvanite Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sylvanite Group
Secondary: Wahmonie Property
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Wahmonie District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Owner Name: Du Bois, Clinton M.
Home Office: Los Angles, Ca
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1928
Discovery Year: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration Of Host Rock
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOME $32 ORE WAS FOUND AT 65 FT LEVEL OF MINE (1951)
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 500 FT SHAFT PLUS VARIOUS EXPLORATION SHAFTS.
Comment (Location): PROPERTY OR GROUP CONSISTS OF 4 CLAIMS, UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Development): SHAFT SUNK IN 1924; EXPLORATION DONE AND LOCATION WORK, IN 1945
References
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 77, P.41
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 206-207.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINING DISTRCT OPEN-FLIES. FILE 259, ITEM 2.
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.
