Vanderbilt Mine

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

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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.