The Bluff Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,459 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,459 Feet (1,664 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.17472, -118.19806
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Bluff Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bluff Mine
Secondary: Nevada Fairview Mine In Part
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3810
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Tenneco/Echo Bay.
Years: 1986 -
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
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3810 OF MINERALIZED DUMP MATERIAL CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.1% CA, 0.15% TI, 200 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 300 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 5 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 50 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): A SINGLE CAVED ADIT ON SOUTH SIDE OF SNYDER CANYON
Comment (Deposit): ADIT IS ON WEST SIDE OF A HUGE SILICIFIED AND PARTLY BRECCIATED ANDESITE OR DACITE NEAR ITS CONTACT WITH AN INTRUSIVE THAT OUTCROPS, FIUING THE CANYON ON BOTH SIDES STANDING 20-30 FT HIGH AND 20-30 FT THICK. IT CAN BE TRACED ON THE SURFACE FOR ABOUT 100 YARDS ALONG STRIKE LENGTH.
Comment (Location): JUST ACROSS GULCH TO SOUTH FROM GOLD COIN MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): MS #3914, PATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 9 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.
Reference (Deposit): CHURCHILL CO. RECORDER MINING CLAIM RECORDS.
Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 71-74
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.
