The Silver Reef Mine is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.5425, -118.14694
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Silver Reef Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Reef Mine
Secondary: Part of Desoto Mine Property
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Fitting Fault (Trending N-Nw)
Type: L
Description: Northward Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 1000 FT. ESE OF DESOTO MINE
Comment (Deposit): ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Comment (Geology): FITTING FAULT MARKS THE CONTACT BETWEEN ROCHESTER RHYOLITE AND LIMESTONE OF NATCHEZ FM.
Comment (Deposit): PART OF THE DESOTO PROPERTY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61
Reference (Deposit): SILBERLING AND WALLACE, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF IMLAY QUAD., PERSHING COTY, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-666
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.
