The Silver Chief Mines is a silver and gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.63333, -118.22278
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Silver Chief Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Chief Mines
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver Chief Mines Co.
Years: 1919 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: ORE SHOOTS IN VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Development): TOTAL$: 0.010 ; ECON.COM: ABOVE COSTS ARE ESTIMATES OF L. B. SPENCER, MINING ENGINEER
Comment (Deposit): EACH VEIN CROPS OUT ON SURFACE FOR MORE THAN 1,000 FEET, AND EXPECTED TO HAVE GREAT DEPTH. TWO VEINS PRESENT
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS LESS THAN 100 FEET DEEP CONNECT WITH THE LATERALS
Comment (Commodity): MINERAL FORM OF GOLD NOT GIVEN - MAYBE AS AMALGAM (AG-AU); TOURMALINE PRESENT IN VEIN
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SPENCER ESTIMATES SOME UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT OF RESOURCE REMAINING IN 1919
Comment (Production): SPENCER ESTIMATED $50,000 - $60,000 PRODUCTION VALUE
Comment (Location): APPROX. 1.5 MI SE OF SISKON CORP. EXPLORATION PITS
Comment (Geology): IRON OXIDE, FELDSPAR PRESENT IN VEINS; TOURMALINE BANDED PARALLEL TO VEIN WALLS; IRON OXIDE AND SULFIDES DISSEMINATED
References
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE
Reference (Deposit): L. B. SPENCER, NOV. 25, 1919 , REPORT TO DR. D. A. SMITH ON SILVER CHIEF MINES COMPANY'S PROPERTY, SANTA FE MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, N
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.
