The Dry Hills Silver Prospect is a silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,804 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,804 Feet (1,769 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 41.27806, -117.19611
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Dry Hills Silver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dry Hills Silver Prospect
Secondary: Dry Ridge #2 Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2618
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District; Getchell 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/Underground
Ownership
Not available
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO CURVED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Reg.Struct: Ne-Trending Thrust Fault.
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Wall Rock Near Vein
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2618 OF WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH HEMATITE STAIN, TETRAMEORITE CLOTS RIMMED WITH GREEN AND BLUE CU-OX STAINING, CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.3% MG, 1% CA, 0.03% TI, 500 PPM MN, 2000 PPM AG, 70 PPM B, 50 BA, 50 PPM CR, 5000 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 2000 PPM SB, 20 PPM V, 500 PPM ZN, 15 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): WHITE QUARTZ VEIN 3 INCHES TO 2 FT WIDE, ALONG FAULT ZONE; VEIN CURVES FROM N40W TO N80W AND BACK TO NNW ALONG STRIKE; WALL ROCK IS SILICIFIED NEAR VEIN; WALL ROCK IS SHALEY ARGILLITE, WITH RED HEMATITE STAINING. TETRAHEDRITE CLOTS AND SPOTS IN VEIN; GREEN AND BLUE CU OXIDE STAIN; TRACE OF BRIGHT GREEN BOTRYOIDAL MINERAL (COPPER ARSENATE?)
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW INCLINE SHAFT, PITS, CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 7 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
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.
