The Silica Claim is a tungsten and silica mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Silica Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silica Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silica
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Eagle (Kern, Pleasant. Valley, Tungstonia) District
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1956
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Huebnerite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ROAD UP SMITH CANYON ON SOUTH SIDE OF KERN MOUNTAINS. PROPERTY IS ABOUT 200 YDS. UP THE N.E. OF THE ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): SECOND CLAIM NOTICE FOR 1972 FOR JEFF STEWARD. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1980, STONE CABIN REMAINS ARE PROBABLY PRE-1900. FIRST WORK WAS PROBABLY FOR AU-AG.
Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEIN OR VEINS WITH FEW SPECKS OF HUEBNERITE (?)
Comment (Workings): MINOR PROSPECT PITS; REMAINS OF AN OLD STONE CABIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 6-13-80
Reference (Deposit): SAYEED, U.A., 1973, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE KERN MOUNTAINS PLUTONIC COMPLEX, WHITE PINE CO., NV, AND JUAB CO., UTAH; UNIV OF NEBRASKA PHD. DISS.
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.
