The Geiger Shaft is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.47111, -118.08028
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Geiger Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Geiger Shaft
Secondary: Treasure Hill Claim #1072
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3889
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Wonder 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Miller, Mary Sue
Home Office: P. O. Box 908, Eloy, Az 85231
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Silicification
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3889 CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.15% TI, 30 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 0.55 PPM AU, (BY A A ANALYSIS), 1000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 7 PPM CU, 70 PPM MO, 20 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SOUTWEST OF GEIGER GAP, NO ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): WORKED IN EARLY DAYS OF THE CAMP (EARLY 1900'S) BY THE GEIGER BROTHERS, WITH SOME SMALL BUT UNRECORDED PRODUCTION; GROUND LATER HELD BY FRANK LEWIS; STAKED IN 1979 BY ERICKSON'S GROUP.
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE A 10-15 FT THICK RIB OF HIGHLY SILICIFIED PARTIALLY BRECCIATED VEIN THAT CROPS OUT AND FORMS A BIG KNOB ON THE NORTH-SLOPING HILL SOUTH OF GEIGER GAP. THE FAULT-VEIN SYSTEM MAY BE PART OF THE STRUCTURE CALLED THE KIOWA VEIN BY SCHRADER (1947). SAMPLE 3889 WAS COLLECTED FROM BOTH DUMP AND VEIN AND CONSISTED OF VUGGY, IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEINLETS AND BRECCIA CONTAINING FINE-GRAINED GRAY SULFIDES OF SILVER.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 23 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA.
Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.
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.
