The Shirley Property is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,439 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,439 Feet (1,353 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.74306, -117.65250
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Shirley Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shirley Property
Secondary: Silver Peak-Divide Claims No. 1-6 Probably Same As Unnamed Shafts
Secondary: And Adits of J. Quade's Field Examination-Sample Location 1140.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John Shirley And Frank Cleary
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
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
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGHEST SAMPLE VALUE GAVE TRACE AU, 1.74 OZ/TON AG.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN - APPROXIMATED BY PRESENCE OF PITS AND SHAFT ON TOPO SHEET ABOUT ONE MILE SW OF SILVER PEAK, IN LOW HILLS
Comment (Development): PROSPECT WAS DEEMED "POOR" AND "NOT WORTHY OF DEVELOPMENT" BY EXAMINER IN 1920.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN AND OUTCROP. SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE HOLES WITH A WINDLASS SHAFT ABOUT 50 FT. DEEP, SEVERAL ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON JUNE 6, 1982.
Reference (Deposit): BLACKBURN, W.H., 1920, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE SHIRLEY PROPERTY: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG.: FILE 101, ITEM 3.
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.
