The Silverado Claim Group is a silver and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.91444, -117.20972
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Silverado Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silverado Claim Group
Secondary: Silverado, A,B,C,G,H Claims
Secondary: Silver Zone Mine?
Secondary: Original Klondyke-Divide Mining Co. Property
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 445
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Klondyke (Southern Klondyke) 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Original Klondyke-Divide Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): 25 TUNNELS AND SHAFTS, NONE DEEPER THAN 200 FT
Comment (Location): 12 CLAIMS, 200 ACRES, 6 MILES SOUTH OF DIVIDE. ABOUT 1.8 AIRMILES EAST OF ROUTE 95 AND 2.4 AIRMILES WEST OF THE NYE COUNTY LINE. UTM IS TO MINE BUILDING NEAR SOUTH-CENTRAL PART OF CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): THIS PROPERTY HAS THE LARGEST PRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT. PRE-1911, 100 CARS ORE CARRIED 2OZ/T AU, 40 OZ/T AG. 1911-1913, GROSS VALUE OF ORE SHIPPED BY LESSEE WAS $290,000; IN 1916 123 CARS ORE SHIPPED, AVG. $28/TON. HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS BEING SHIPPED BY LESSEES AND SU 8 LESSES IN1921.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN EXPOSED FOR 3000 FT, IS 2-20 FT WIDE ON SURFACE. MASSIVE, MILKY QUARTZ, WITH DARK 1 MM-1 CM SELVAGES OF DK GRAY WALLROCK PARALLEL TO WALLS OF VEIN, GIVING VEIN BANDED APPEARANCE.
References
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1297
Reference (Deposit): CHIPP, E.R., 1969, UNR MINES THESIS 351.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F. AND GARSIDE, 1982, GEOCHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE T ONOPAH, LONE MNT., KLONDYKE, AND NORTHERN MUD LAKE QUAD., NEV., NBMG BULL 96
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (9 JUL 82)
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 92, P. 130-132.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.
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.
