Silver Park Mine

The Silver Park Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Park Mine
Secondary: Jesse Knight Property Property

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Atlanta District; Silver Park District; Silver Springs District

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1869
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SEMIQUANTITIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS BY J.C. HAMILTON, USGS: .7% CU, .3% BA, .15%AG & SB .03% PB AND ZN

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Lead
Ore: Copper
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Development): 2 MILLS IN 1872. IN 1975, A LARGE AMOUNT OF SHALLOW ROTARY DRILLING WAS BEING DONE BY COMBINED ENTERPRISES, INC IN THE SILVER PARK AREA. A SMALL ZONE OF MINERALIZATION CALLED THE LOREN OREBODY WAS LOCATED AND A TEST PIT MINED, BUT WAS DROPPED BECAUSE IT PROVED UNECONOMICAL.

Comment (Workings): MAIN SHAFT CAVED AT 50 FT. SMALL, IRREGULAR INCLINED DRIFTS AND STOPES FOLLOW DRAINAGE CHANNELS. ADITS, PROSPECT PITS. AT LEAST 2 SHAFTS ARE OVER 100 FT DEEP.

Comment (Geology): SILICEOUS REPLACEMENT VEINS STRIKING NE AND N ARE MINERALIZED.

Comment (Location): AREA UNSURVEYED . UTM IS TO ONE MAIN SHAFT AMONG SEVERAL WORKINGS . UTM IS TO ONE MAIN SHAFT AMONG SEVERAL WORKINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Commodity): DUMPS AND AREAS NEAR OLD WORKINGS ARE SLIGHTLY MORE RADIOACTIVE THAN SURROUNDING UNALTERED ROCKS

Comment (Production): MOST OF THE EARLY PRODUCTION FROM THE DISTRICT CAME FROM THIS MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1916, USGS BULL 648

Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B. F. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 3-

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 164.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 70.

Reference (Deposit): SHARP AND MYERSON, 1956, US AEC REPORT 3564.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

Reference (Deposit): COX, JOHN W., 1981, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ATLANTA DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. OF NEVADA,RENO M. S. THESIS.

Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

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.