Silver Guardian Mine

The Silver Guardian Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,640 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

Name: Silver Guardian Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Copper

Lat, Long: 38.51167, -118.07583

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Silver Guardian Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Guardian Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Along Extension Of Northwardly Trending Fault Of Which Neversweat And Vacation Deposits Occur


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite


Comments

Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION


References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, C. W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO. 1

Reference (Deposit): COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943 , NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION, ( 1859 - 1940 INCLUSIVE ), UNIV. OF NEV. BULL. 27 , NO. 4

Reference (Production): F (2)


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.