The Silver Top #2 Claim is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Silver Top #2 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Top #2 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain 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: Frank Lewis, Reno, Nevada
Years: 1979 -
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): CLAIM PATENTED BY JAMES H. MONTEATH IN 1911 (M.E. 4042)
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED VEIN COMPOSED OF LENSES OF PORCELANEOUS WHITE QUARTZ BRECCIA, WITH MANY OPEN VUGS. SOME FLECKS OF PYRITE ENCASED IN QUARTZ
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, 1 SHAFT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY,J.V., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-8,83-11, 1983.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL. 78.
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.
