Solid Silver Mine

The Solid Silver Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Solid Silver Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2603

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Rebel Creek District; New Gold Fields District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2603 OF MASSIVE VUGGY WHITE VEIN QUARTZ, BRECCIATED WITH SULFIDE CEMENT CONTAINS 0.7 % FE, 0.003 % TI, 10 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 0.65 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 10 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 10 PPM BI, 300 PPM CD, 500 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 2000 PPM PB, 50 PPM SB, 30 PPM SN, 7000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS (CAVED); OLD MILL RUINS

Comment (Location): IN SOLID SILVER CREEK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): OLD MILL RUINS INDICATE SOME SMALL PAST PRODUCTION; NO ACTIVITY IN1984, BUT 2 NEW RECENT CUTS MADE AT COLLAR OF LOWER SHAFT.

Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE WHITE VEIN QUARTZ ON MINE AND MILL DUMPS; POSSIBLE VEIN OUTCROP NEAR UPPER SHAFT. N 30 E, VERTICAL SHEAR, 1 FT WIDE, WITH VUGGY QUARTZ, CUTTING PHYLLITE WALLROCK. VEIN QUARTZ CONTAINS SULFIDES, AND IS BRECCIATED. SULFIDES FORM BRECCIA MATRIX COATING QUARTZ FRAGMENTS. PHYLLITE CLEAVES N 30 E; SHEARING AND VEINING APPARENTLY FOLLOW ROCK CLEAVAGE.

References

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 04 SEPT 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.