The Garfield Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.46667, -118.33333
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Garfield Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Garfield Mine
Secondary: Eldorado Mining Co.
Secondary: Great Western Atherton
Secondary: Bluelight Nbmg # 3591 #3592 #3593
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Garfield
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE WORKINGS, ABOUT 2 MILES, ENTRY BY 2,500 FOOT ADIT. THE WORKINGS REACH A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 350 FEET AND ARE COVERED BY THIRTEEN CLAIMS SOME OF WHICH ARE PATENTED.
Comment (Location): ADITS & PROSPECTS CLOSEST TO RD. .7 MI SOUTHOF MABLE MINE; UNSURVEYED
Comment (Production): REFERENCES VARY: 550,000 FROM 1884 TO 1933 ( COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943 ); MORE THAN 6,000,000 FROM 1880 - 1887 ( LINCOLN, 1923 ); SEVERAL MILLION IN SHIPPING ORE ( VANDERBURG, 1937 )
Comment (Development): SEVERAL MILES OF NEW ROAD FROM THE GARFIELD FLAT WERE JUST COMPLETED AT THE TIME OF THIS SURVEY. ; ECON.COM: REFERENCES VARY; 550,000 FROM 1884 TO 1933 (COUCH AND CARPENTER 1943) MORE THAN 6,000,000 FROM 1880-1887 (LINCOLN 1923).
Comment (Deposit): ACCORDING TO VANDERBURG, THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS EXPOSED THREE MAJOR VEIN SYSTEMS THAT WERE INTERCONNECTED AND RANGED IN SIZE FROM 3 INCHES TO 9 FEET.
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM MAJOR WORKINGS ALONG THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE OF MABLE MOUNTAIN. ACTIVITY AT THE MABLE MINE HAS RESULTED IN REBUILDING THE ROAD FROM GARFIELD FLAT PAST THE GARFIELD MINE.
Comment (Geology): THE VEINS CARRIED VALUES IN SILVER,GOLD, AND LEAD AND WERE HOSTED IN LIMESTONE AND VOLCANICS. ; GEOL.DESC: THREE INTERLACING VEINS; VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM 3 INCHES TO 9 FEET
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 .
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, GARFIELD MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 4-20-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV., US BUREAU OF MINES, INFO. CIRCULAR.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923 , MINING DISTRICTSAND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 144 .
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION,NBMG BULL #37.
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.
