Shirley Property

The Shirley Property is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,439 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

Name: Shirley Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

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Reference (Deposit): BLACKBURN, W.H., 1920, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE SHIRLEY PROPERTY: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG.: FILE 101, ITEM 3.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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.