Silver Hill Claims

The Silver Hill Claims is a copper, silver, lead, and tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,269 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Hill Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 499
Secondary: Probably Same As Watterson Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Golconda 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: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Herb Morton, Golconda, Nv
Years: 1984 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Or Rock In Shear Zone

Rocks

Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 499 IS A GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE FACE AT THE NORTH END OF THE OPENCUT AND IT CONTAINS 20% FE, 0.7% MG, 1.5% CA, 0.15% TI, 200 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1000 PPM BI, 200 PPM CD,30 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, 7000 PPM CU, 70 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 15000 PB, 7 PPM 7 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 500 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 5000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Materials

Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS AND ONE OPEN CUT UP TO 7 M DEEP. ALSO A SMALL HEAP LEACH PAD WITH A 1-M THICK PILE OF ORE. PAD IS 8 X 10 M. A PROSPECT 0.5 KM TO THE NORTH IS PROBABLY SIMILAR.

Comment (Deposit): OXIDE COPPER MINERALS AND LIMONITE GOSSAN OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES IN A N 10 W, VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE IN LIGHT GRAY PHYLLITE. THE ZONE IS 2-4 M WIDE AND THE ROCK APPEARS TO BE SILICIFIED WITHIN THE ZONE. NO SULFIDE MINERALS WERE NOTED.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): HEAP LEACH PAD WAS PROBABLY CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE LAST 2 YEARS (1984). ROCK FROM THE OPEN CUT WAS PLACED ON THE LEACH PAD BUT APPARENTLY NEVERLEACHED. LISTED AS A ACTIVE SILVER MINE IN 1983, EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS. IN 1983 IT WAS OWNED BY WATTERSON MINING CO., JACK AND WILLIAM WATTERSON, LESSORS, 601 BRIDGE ST, #209, WINNEMUCCA, NV 89445.

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 21 JUN 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

Reference (Deposit): USGS, MAP GQ-1174, 1974

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B, 1984, NBMG MI-1983

Reference (Deposit): PARKE, K.G. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, NBMG MAP 84, ACTIVE MINES.

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.