Tem Piute Silver Mine Silver Mine

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

Name: Tem Piute Silver Mine Silver Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

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

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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

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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

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.