Mohawk Mine

The Mohawk Mine is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,241 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mohawk Mine
Secondary: Argentite Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

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

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: Veta Grande Co., Inc.
Years: 1982 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
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: Fault Trending About N 40 E

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Silicification

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 6 SAMPLES ASSAYED IN 1921 GAVE: 4.5, 365.3, 194.8, 14.8, 49.6, AND 11.0 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Workings): -RECENT DIAMOND DRILLING (1960'S) . ONE SHAFT, ONE INCLINE, SIX LEVELS AND ABOUT ONE MILE OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WITH NUMEROUS SURFACE BUILDINGS- POWER PLANT, HOIST HOUSE, ALL READY FOR FULL OPERATION WITH NO DELAY (1984). GUARDED AND MAINTAINED. LUFT STOPE, BURGESS STOPE, ELREE STOPE, BRUNDAGE STOPE.

Comment (Location): ABOUT 3.2 AIR MILES N 72 W FROM NIVLOC MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Geology): AT SURFACE, VEINS CONSIST OF FRIABLE MASSES OF QUARTZ SELDOM EXCCEDING 1.8 M WIDE, WHICH HAVE BEEN LEACHED OF CARBONATE, SULFIDES AND CLAYS, AND MOST SILVER. VEINS WIDEN WITH DEPTH

Comment (Development): LISTED AS A CURRENTLY ACTIVE UNDERGROUND SILVERMINE EMPLOYING 29 PERSONS IN 1981. MAJOR PRODUCTION PERIOD WAS 1952-1958. DIAMOND-DRILLING IN 1960'S BY SUNSHINE AND MID CONTINENT URANIUM CO. (SEE "GENERAL" FOR EARLIER HISTORY)

Comment (Deposit): STEEPLY-DIPPING, EPITHERMAL FISSURE VEINS OF MASSIVE QUARTZ, BANDED QUARTZ, WITH SOME BARITE AND CALCITE, BANDED MANGANOSIDERITE. RADIOACTIVE ORE WITH VANADIUM REPORTED FROM THIS PROPERTY.. BRECCIATION IS UBIQUITOUS

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED (1980-1981) TO VETA GRANDE CO. MILL SOUTH OF MINDEN, NV.

Comment (Deposit): POINT. IN 1959, U.S. MILLING CO. CONCLUDED A LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE MOHAWK MINE AND MINING BEGAN IMMEDIATELY. A CAVE-IN IN OCTOBER 1959 KILLED 3 MINERS, AND THE MINE WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Deposit): IN 1921, A CANADIAN COMPANY SANK AN INCLINED SHAFT ON THE VEIN TO THE 500 FT. LEVEL. IN NOV. 1980, VETA GRANDE CO., INC. ANNOUNCED AN AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE MOHAWK MINES INC., AND TO EXPAND THE MINE'S CURRENT CAPACITY OF 100 TONS PER DAY TO 300 T.P.D. WITHIN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS. E.J. SHIRLEY, DISCOVERER OF THE MINE, ACQUIRED 3 PARTNERS, HIS BROTHER LOUIS, HARVEY HUMPHREY, AND STANLEY CHIATOVICH. IN 1951, THE PROPERTY WAS OPTIONED TO E.R. HINES ASSIGNED IT TO HIS PRINCIPAL, AVERY BRUNDAGE, WHO FORMED "BRUHI" (BRUNDAGE-HINES) ENTERPRISES. IN MAY 1953, BRUNDAGE OPTIONED THE MOHAWK PROPERTY TO SUNSHINE MINING CO., WHO ABANDONED THE OPTION WITHIN THE YEAR. IN 1954, BRUNDAGE DECIDED TO DEVELOP THE MINE AND RECONSTRUCT THE MILL AT SILVER PEAK. MILL WAS COMPLETED IN 1955 AND TREATED MOHAWK ORE UNTIL 1956 WHEN MINE & MILL SHUT DOWN. IN 1956, U.S. MINING AND MILLING CORP. BOUGHT THE BRUNDAGE MILL IN SILVER PEAK TO TREAT NIVLOC ORE. IN 1958, IT WAS TREATING 75 TPD FROM THE OHIO MINING CO. AT GOLD

References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, W.J., 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE RED MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, ESMERALDA CO., NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL 1423

Reference (Deposit): ANONYMOUS, 1921, UNPUBLISHED LETTER ON ASSAYS OF SAMPLES FROM "ARGENTITE CAMP": ON FILE AT NBMG, FILE 101, ITEM 25

Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES, NO.8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, OCT. 29, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): TONOPAH TIMES BONANZA, MAY 13, 1981.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, NOV. 11, 1980; JULY 19, 1980; OCT 11, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): GOLDFIELD NEWS, MAY 7 1981.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 54?

Reference (Deposit): 11) ENG. & MIN. JOUR., 1951, VOL. 152, NO. 2., P. 159.

Reference (Deposit): (11) QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 5-20-84.

Reference (Production): ALBERS AND STEWART, (1972) P. 71; STOCKHOLDERS' REPORT BY MID CONTINENT URANIUM, 1964, P.3.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SPECIAL REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS, MID-CONTINENT URANIUM CO., 1964. ON FILE AT NBMG,: FILE 101, ITEM 13.; NEV. STATE JOUR. ARTICLE DATED 11 OCT., 1980.

Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980.

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.M., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEV: NBMG. BULL 78.

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.