The Silver Pick Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.72333, -117.23306
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Silver Pick Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Pick Mine
Secondary: Deserted
Secondary: North End Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District
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
Owner Name: Silver Pick Consolidated Mines Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Post-Mineral Faulting And Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization, Silicification, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Early Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Early Miocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Early Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Early Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FAULT BRECCIA CARRIED $1 - $5/TON IN GOLD (1948 PRICES)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 5 PATENTED CLAIMS 60 ACRES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982
Comment (Development): NEWMONT MINING CORP. DID GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES IN 1940'S TO DETERMINE EXISTENCE OF VEIN EXTENSIONS UNDER THE SIEBERT LAKE BEDS TO THE WEST OF THE MAIN MINING DISTRICT. THE SILVER PICK SHAFT WAS THEN REOPENED AND STUDIED AND THE FAULT-VEIN WAS DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTH FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 271 FT, 500 FT. SHAFT 1500 FT DEEP BY 1922. ALSO A 280 FT. SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): A LARGE BODY OF LOW-GRADE SULFIDE ORE WAS EXPOSED ON THE DESERTED SHAFT (1922)
References
Reference (Deposit): SEARLS, F., 1948, NBMG BULL. 48, P. 18-20
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1334.
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.
