Trinity Silver Mine

The Trinity Silver Mine is a lead, antimony, and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,512 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Trinity Silver Mine
Secondary: Unnamed Silver Prospects
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2825, 2826

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Trinity 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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Borax And Southern Pacific
Years: 1984 -

Owner Name: Lost Dutchman Construction Co.
Years: 1988 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: VEIN SAMPLES-T-0.07 OZ. AU, 0.1-17.2 OZ. AG, 0.05-4.45% AS, 0 TO 0.42% SB, 0.7-17.6% PB. SAMPLE 2825 CONTAINS 20 % FE, 0.2 % MG, 0.5 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 200 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 500 PPM BI, 500 PPM CD, 15 PPM CR, 300 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, +20000 PPM PB, 2000 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 300 PPM SN, 500 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 3000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR, AND 0.45 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS. SAMPLE 2826 CONTAINS 20 % FE, 0.1 % MG, 0.2 % CA, 0.03 % TI, 15 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 500 PPM B, 50 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 200 PPM BI, +500 PPM CD, 15 PPM CR, 500 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, 5000 PPM SB, 7 PPM SC, 150 PPM SN, 200 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 7000 PPM ZN, 15 PPM ZR, AND 0.2 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): AREA OF OLD WORKINGS INCLUDES AREA OF OLDER DRILLING. CURRENTLY (1984) THE AREA TO THE SOUTH IS BEING REDRILLED BY BORAX, WHICH DENIED ACCESS TO THE OLDER WORKINGS. THEY HAVE SEVERAL SECTIONS UNDER NEW STAKES INCLUDING SECTIONS 3, 9, 10, 15, 6. MINING UNDER WAY IN 1988.

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ALONG WILLOW CREEK WERE NOT ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE OF BORAX CO. POLICY, HOWEVER, THEY WERE IN HIGHLY ALTERED VOLCANIC RHYOLITES AND TUFFS, IN SAME TARGET AREA BEING DRILLED BY COMPANY. THE OLDER WORKINGS TO THE NORTH WERE ALONG QUARTZ VEINS IN OLDER SEDIMENTS OF THE AULD LANG SYNE GROUP. SAMPLE 2825 WAS FROM A VEIN CROSSING A STREAM COURSE IN SEDIMENTS THAT WERE BEING PROSPECTED BY A SMALL ADIT. THE VEIN WAS A HIGHLY OXIDIZED, SILICIFIED BRECCIA. SAMPLE 2826 WAS FROM A DUMP ADJACENT TO A COLLAPSED SHAFT IN BRECCIA AND QUARTZ VEINS. MORE PROSPECTS SIMILAR TO THESE DOT THE LANDSCAPE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE RANGE WITHIN THE OLDER SEDIMENTS.

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, DRIFT, 3 STOPES; OPEN PIT MINE.

Comment (Geology): VEINS WITHIN MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES ARE HIGHLY OXIDIZED.

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT, 200 FOOT MAIN DRIFT, AND THREE STOPES, AS WELL AS A NEW OPEN PIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE VIA POOR DIRT ROAD 3 MILES WEST OF THE SULPHER-LOVELOCK ROAD.

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

Reference (Production): NBMG MI-1987. MI-1993

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NBMG MI-1987

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA A NORTHWESTERN UTAH SUMMARY OF GEOLOGIC SURVEY 1958-61, V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, P.25

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 7 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

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.