Ag Occurrence

The Ag Occurrence is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Ag Occurrence  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 40.04583, -119.07028

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Ag Occurrence MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ag Occurrence


Commodity

Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Juniper Range 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

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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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON EAST FLANK OF SAHWAVE MOUNTAINS IN GULCH APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF GRANITE SPRING. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): NEARLY HORIZONTAL SHEAR ZONE IN GRANITE CONTAINS DISSEMINATED PYRITE, LIMONITE, AND HEMATITE.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M242892, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.


References

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY - NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955-1961. V. 1, P. 14, 29: SAN FRANCISCO, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 64.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.