Sheba Mine

The Sheba Mine is a silver, lead, and antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

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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: Sheba Mine
Secondary: Queen of Sheba

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Star 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1861
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Type: L
Description: Premineral Fault Fissures, Fault Block

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 300 FT. N OF DESOTO MINE

Comment (Other Database): $5,000,000 (APPROX 1900)

Comment (Production): ORES VALUED UP TO $1200 PER TON (1869); ESTIMATED $5,000,000 UP TO EARLY 1900'S

Comment (Deposit): MINE IS ON THE SAME VEIN AS THE DESOTO. ORE VEINS FILL PREMINERAL FAULT FISSURES OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT IN RHYOLITE INTRUSIVES AND THE LOWER MEMBER OF PRIDA FORMATION. IN THE RHYOLITE THE VEIN STRIKES NEARLY NORTH AND DIPS 65 TO 75 DEGREE W AND IS UP TO 3 FEET WIDE. UPON ENTERING THE OVERLYING SANDSTTONE (BASAL UNIT PRIDA FM) THE VEIN SPLITS INTO NUMEROUS VEINLETS ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND FRACTURE CLEAVAGES. THE BASAL UNIT OF THE PRIDA FORMATION IS OVERLAIN BY AN IMPERVIOUS THIN SHALY LIMESTONE TRAPPING THE MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS. NORTH OF THE CANYON THIS VEIN IS OFFSET TO THE WEST.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.

Comment (Workings): ORE WAS MINED BY STOPING FROM THE STOCKWORK PARTS OF THE DEPOSITS.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: ORE VEINS FILL PREMINERAL FAULT FISSURES OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT IN RHYOLITE INTRUSIVES AND THE LOWER MEMBER OF THE PRIDA FORMATION. IN THE RHYOLITE THE VEIN STRIKES NEARLY NORTH AND DIPS 65 TO 75 DEGREES W AND IS UP TO 3 FEET WIDE. UPON ENTERING THE OVERLYING SANDSTONE (BASAL UNIT PRIDA FM) THE VEIN SPLITS INTO NUMEROUS VEINLETS ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND FRACTURE CLEAVAGES. THE BASAL UNIT OF THE PRIDA FORMATION IS OVERLAIN BY AN IMPERVIOUS THIN SHALY LIMESTONE, TRAPPING THE MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS. NORTH OF THE CANYON THIS VEIN IS OFFSET TO THE WEST.

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1861. THE MINE IS ON THE SAME VEIN AS FOUND AT THE DESOTO MINE. ORE WAS MINED BY STOPING FROM THE STOCKWORK PARTS OF THE DEPOSITS. MINE OPENED UP IN 1856 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

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

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 414

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6902

Reference (Deposit): CAMERON, 1939, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE NE HUMBOLDT RANGE; GSA BULL. V.50.

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.