Silverado Claim Group

The Silverado Claim Group is a silver and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Silverado Claim Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

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

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.