The Tem Piute Silver Mine Silver Mine is a silver, antimony, arsenic, and copper mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 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
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Antimony, Arsenic, Copper
Lat, Long: 37.6125, -115.64167
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Tem Piute Silver Mine Silver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tem Piute Silver Mine Silver Mine
Secondary: Sterling Claim
Secondary: Ryan
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Tem Piute Districtdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1869
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1868
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rocks Are Steeply East Dipping, Overturned To The North
Alterations
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Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 13-81 OZ/T AG IN ORE PRODUCED.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): AG ORE MINERAL NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Production): 65 CARLOADS OF ORE WORTH $65,600 REPORTED MAINLY FROM THE STERLING CLAIM
Comment (Geology): ORES CAME FROM SILICEOUS VEINS AND REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS ALONG BRECCIA ZONES. ORES ARE OXIDIZED
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA, NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89
Reference (Deposit): BUSECK, P.R., 1962, PH.D. THESIS, COLUMBIA UNIV.,N.Y
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.
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.
