Silver Reef Prospect

The Silver Reef Prospect is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Reef Prospect
Secondary: Silver Reef Claims

Commodity

Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Barcelona District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Round Mountain Gold
Years: 1986 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Argillization, Sericitization

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Alunite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROAD WEST OF MONITOR VALLEY. UTM IS FOR SAMPLE SITE 3178. SAMPLE SITE 3187 IS N4282250, E515730. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): AN INDIAN WAS REPORTED TO HAVE MINED THE PROPERTY FOR SILVER. BOB BOTTOM HELD THE GROUND AND VARIOUS COMPANIES HAVE HELD IT IN THE LAST 16 YEARS. CONSIDERABLE DRILLING AND CORING ON GOING IN 1986

Comment (Deposit): SILVER MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS AND SILICIFIED ZONES IN A VOLCANIC TUFF. GEOCHEM SAMPLING HAS REVEALED ANOMALOUS ARSENIC, MERCURY, MOLYBDENUM, ANTIMONY AND SPOTTY GOLD. BRECCIATION ASSOCIATED WITH FINE-GRAINED PYRITE IN A SILICIFIED MATRIX FROM A VEIN BEARING N 45 E, 50 NW IN WHAT WAS LATER DESCRIBED AS A HANGING WALL COMPLEX (SAMPLE 3178). SAMPLE 3187 WAS FROM A NARROW 6-12 INCH VEIN BEARING N 25 E, REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED BY AN INDIAN. QUARTZ VEIN HAD VISIBLE RUBY SILVER AND OTHER SULFIDES ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL ADIT IN THE HANGING WALL.

Comment (Workings): ONE SMALL ADIT, MANY ROADS, DRILL PAD AND CONSIDERABLE DRILLING AND CORING IN 1986

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 28 MAY 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., 1984, NBMG BULL 99B.

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.