16 To 1 Mine

The 16 To 1 Mine is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: 16 To 1 Mine

State: Nevada

County: Esmeralda

Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 37.71556, -117.78389

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16 To 1 Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: 16 To 1 Mine
Secondary: Hidalgo
Secondary: Desert Eagle and Sixteen-To-One Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2602

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865) (Red Mountain District, 1864)

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: Sunshine Mining Co. And Mid-Continent Mining Corp. (Littleton Colo.)-Joint Venture
Years: 1981 -

Owner Name: Suhine Mining Co., Project Mgr. Allen Young
Years: 1982 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Silver Peak Caldera

Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Due To Supergene Alteration; Strong Propylitization; Local Argillization And Silicification

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 5.900000+-0.200000
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): TUNNELS; ACCESS TUNNEL 1075 FT. LONG TRAVERSES THE STRIKE OF THE VEINS; VEIN HAS BEEN EXPLORED BY MANY INCLINED BOREHOLES AND CORE DRILLING. IN 1966 SHRINKAGE STOPING WAS PLANNED, WITH 6000 FT. OF ADDITIONAL WORKINGS INCLUDING 2 LOWER LEVELS CONNECTED TO ADIT LEVEL BY A 400-FT. WINZE. A MILL WAS PLANNED.

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERER, OLOF OLSON COMPLETED MOST OF THE RELATIVELY SHALLOW WORKINGS ON THE VEIN PRIOR TO 1940. IN 1961 AND 1962, CALLAHAN MINING CO., UNDER LEASE AND OPTION, COMPLETED 5 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES TO TEST THE VEIN STRUCTURE AT DEPTH UP TO 1000 FT. DOWN. UNDER ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE AND OPTION, MID CONTINENT URANIUM DROVE A 1030-FT. CROSSCUT TUNNEL TO INTERSECT VEIN AT 350-500 FT. BELOW THE OUTCROP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): ACQUIRED IN 1960'S BY SUNSHINE MINING CO. (2/3 INTEREST) AND MIDCONTINENT URANIUM CO. (1/3 INTEREST). CONSTRUCTION OF A 550 TON PER DAY MILL BEGAN IN MAY, 1981. OPENING OF THE MILL IS SLATED FOR MARCH, 1982, EXPECTED TO EMPLOY 60 PERSONS AT MINE AND MILL. IN 1963, MID-COINENT URANIUM CO. ACQUIRED LEASES AND OPTIONS ON THE MOHAWK AND SANGER MINES; AND STAKED THE CLIFF GROUP OF 28 CLAIMS COVERING THE INTERVENING GROUND BETWEEN THE 16 TO 1 AND MOHAWK PROPERTY. THE GROUP OF CLAIMS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY MID-CONTINENT IN 1964 FORMED A CONTIGUOUS GROUP OF 67 CLAIMS FROM THE 16 TO 1 PROPERTY TO THE MOHAWK AND SANGER PROPERTIES.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS ARE SHEETED, TABULAR BODIES; EPITHERMAL FISSURE VEIN WHICH PERSISTS TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 253 M. WHERE IT IS 12 M. WIDE. HANGING WALL IS SHEETED QUARTZ-CALCITE WITH MANGANESE OXIDES AND CLAY POCKETS. THE FOOTWALL SIDE IS MOSTLY MASSIVE CALCITE PARTIALLY REPLACED BY QUARTZ

Comment (Location): ABOUT 1.5 MILES WEST OF NIVLOC MINE . UTM IS TO ADIT ON THE PROPERTY, BY COTTONWOOD SPRINGS. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SUNSHINE MINING CO. OFFICIALS EXPECT THE MINE TO YIELD UP TO 1 MILLION OZ. AG PER YEAR FOR 9 YEARS (1981 ESTIMATE)

References

Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, SEPT. 24, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): PROSPECTUS FOR SUNSHINE MINING CO., DEC. 11, 1980

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SOC. NEV. TALK, SEPT. 10, 1982

Reference (Deposit): NEV. MINING ASSOC., BULL., MAY-JULY, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): PAY DIRT, INTERMOUNTAIN, JUNE, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): 11) NEV. MINING ASSOC. BULL. NOV-DEC 1980-JAN 1981.

Reference (Deposit): 12) NEVADA MINING ASSOC. BULL, JUNE, 1981

Reference (Deposit): 13) MINING RECORD, 1981

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989

Reference (Deposit): DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS ROSOURCES, 1989

Reference (Reserve-Resource): EBBLEY, 1966-TALK AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINERAL CONFERENCE, DENVER. AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989

Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R.P. AND KEITH, W.J., 1971, GEOCHEMICAL DATA FOR THE SIXTEEN-TO-ONE MINE NEAR SILVER PEAK, ESMERALDA CO., NEV: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): ROBINSON, P.T., 1972, PETROLOGY OF THE POTASSIC SILVER PEAK VOLCANIC CENTER, WESTERN NEVADA: GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL. VOL. 83, P. 1693-1708.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, W.J., 1977, USGS BULL. 1423.

Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON TALK BY EBBLEY, GENERAL MANAGER OF MIDCONTINENT URANIUM AT ROCKY MTN. MINERAL CONFERENCE IN DENVER, COLO., 1966.

Reference (Deposit): NEWS CLIPPING, RENO EVENING GAZETTE, MAR. 4, 1981: "ESMERALDA SILVERMINE NEARS COMPLETION".

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.