The Vanderbilt Mine is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.75778, -117.66417
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Vanderbilt Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vanderbilt Mine
Secondary: Hillside Mining Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865) ; Mineral Ridge 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: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1864
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults Cut Ore
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Production): AN 1878 REPORT STATES THAT THE VANDERBILT WAS PRODUCING $100/TON ORE. SPURR (1906) ASCRIBED $200,000 WORTH OF SILVER PRODUCTION TO THE POCATELLO AND VANDERBILT MINES COMBINED.
Comment (Development): ONE OF THE FIRST CLAIMS STAKED IN THE DISTRICT AND THE FIRST ON WHICH MINING TOOK PLACE. OWNED BY THE GREAT SALT BASIN MINING AND MILLING CO. IN 1865; INCORPORATED AS THE SILVER PEAK AND RED MOUNTAIN GOLD AND SILVER CO. IN 1866. PATENT WAS ISSUED IN 1879
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS CONTROLLED BY QUARTZ LENSES AND PROXIMITY TO GREENSTONE DIKES WHERE IT MAY OCCUR ALONG BOTH HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL OF THE DIKE
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, TUNNELS
Comment (Location): ON SE SIDE OF HEAD OF GULCH JUST SE OF VANDERBILT PEAK. UTM IS TO THE MAIN SHAFT OF SEVERAL WORKINGS IN MINE AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER NO. 55.
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES, NO. 8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.
Reference (Production): SPURR, (1906) P. 35; SHAMBERGER (1976) P. 15
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.
