The Treasure Hill Mine Area is a silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,163 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,163 Feet (2,793 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 39.22167, -115.48306
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Treasure Hill Mine Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Treasure Hill Mine Area
Secondary: several old historic workings in area of Treasure City, just south of ruins of Hamilton
Secondary: Hidden Treasure Mine
Secondary: Eberhardt Mine
Secondary: Mammoth Mine
Secondary: North Aurora Mine
Secondary: Pocotillo Mine
Secondary: Ward Beecher Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: White Pine 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.
Administrative Organization: Ely BLM administrative area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver King Mines
Owner Name: Gold Creek Corp.
Info Year: 1981
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: pluton-related polymetallic replacement
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1868
Year Last Production: 1888
Discovery Year: 1867
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: The White Pine Range is a typical N-S-trending Basin and Range fault block composed of a sequence of Paleozoic carbonate and clastic sedimentary rocks intruded by two Cretaceous- age granitic stocks.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Deposit was oxidized
Rocks
Name: Granodiorite
Role: Associated
Description: porphyry stocks
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Cretaceous
Name: Porphyry
Role: Associated
Description: ganodiorite stocks
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Cretaceous
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Description: brecciated sandy brown
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Cambrian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Description: interbedded calcareous
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bromargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Aurorite
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Iron
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): A group of Reese River miners discovered silver on the western slopes of White Pine Mountain in fall of 1865 and organized the White Pine Mining District. In 1868, a rich discovery of silver ore on Treasure Hill resulted in rush to White Pine. The town of Cave City was formed at the foot of the northern side of the hill at 8,000 feet near some caves that served as early shelters. By 1868, Cave City was renamed for promoter W. H. Hamilton and by mid-winter the population had grown to near six hundred. rush to White Pine, only to find mining was impossible because of the extreme cold. A post office was established in August 1868. Within two years, more than thirteen thousand mining claims were recorded in the district and 195 White Pine mining companies were incorporated. In 1869 the town's population was estimated at 10-15,000, possibly as many as 30,000. The 1870 Census showed 3,913 residents, but in 1873, the shallow ore began to peter out and a decline set in, hastened by disastrous fires in 1873 and 1885. By 1888, the ore had been exhausted and the town was soon deserted. There have been some recent, 1980s efforts to develop more ore in the mine area, including a small attempted heap-leach operation by Einar Erickson?s promotional group. In 1985, ownership of the Hidden Treasure Mine, one of the Treasure Hill properties, was listed as F. W. Lewis Co.
Comment (Economic Factors): It is estimated that over 30 million ounces of silver was produced, valued at $22 million between 1865 and 1888. the Eberhardt mine produced $3 million worth of silver from a single hole that 70 by 40 by 25 feet in size. In 1985, a reserve was reported for the Hidden Treasure Mine, one of the Treasure Hill properties, as 600 tons of ore grading 80 ounces per ton silver. Production from 1869-1911 for the same property was reported as 15,498 tons of ore valued at $96,913.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: native silver, chlorargyrite, bromargyrite, acanthite, aurorite, minerals
Comment (Commodity): Gangue Materials: calcite, quartz, pyrite, iron and manganese oxides, oxide copper minerals
Comment (Deposit): Replacement orebodies. Host rock is a brecciated sandy brown limestone. Calcite "stalactites" fill fractures with brecciated material. Also vitreous gray banded, quartz vein with pyrite and a small amount of copper oxide minerals and manganese oxides.
Comment (Workings): Glory hole, underground and shallow suface workings as well as a small attempted heap-leach operation by Einar Erickson?s promotional group.
Comment (Geology): Host rock is a brecciated sandy brown limestone. Calcite "stalactites" fill fractures with brecciated material. Also vitreous gray banded, quartz vein with pyrite and a small amount of copper oxide minerals and manganese oxides.
Comment (Identification): This record includes all material from earlier records #M233758 and supersedes that record.
Comment (Location): These are the old historic mines located In the White Pine Range about 4-5 miles ESE of the later-developed Mount Hamilton Mine.
References
Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.
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.
