Silver Fox Prospect

The Silver Fox Prospect is a gold, silver, lead, copper, and antimony mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Fox Prospect
Secondary: Cottonwood Canyon Prospects
Secondary: Northernmost Workings of Modoc Mines
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2404

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Cottonwood District; Cottonwood Canyon 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Dees, Joe E.
Home Office: P. O. Box 1328, Alturas, Ca
Years: 1973 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

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: TABULAR, PINCH-AND-SWELL

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2404 OF WHITE QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 0.002 % TI, 150 PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 20 PPM- BA, 20 PPM BI, 200 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 1500 PPM PB,-1000 PPM SB, 30 PPM V, 200 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): 1/2 MI. N-NW FROM MODOC MINE). UNSURVEYED AREA, SECTION PROJECTED FROM THE SOUTH.

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN 1984. LOTS OF 4X4 CLAIM POSTS AROUND BUT NO PAPER

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN ALONG FAULT ZONE; SULFIDES CONSTITUTE UP TO 15% OF THE VEIN MATERIAL. QUARTZ VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH ALTERED GRANITIC DIKE

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT-35 DEGREES TRENDS S20E, MAYBE 200-400 FT DEEP.

Comment (Geology): AT THE ONLY VISIBLE PORTION OF THE VEIN, EXPOSED IN THE WALLS OF THE SHAFT, THE SULFIDES CONSTITUTE UP TO 15% OF VEIN. WORKINGS SOUTH OF THE ABOVE ADIT TREND N30W, SEVERAL HUNDRED FT LONG. WHITE QUARTZ VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH GRANITIC -DIKE, ALL OF WHICH IS IN A MEDIUM-GRAY LIMESTONE WITH POSSIBLE- OTHER ASSOCIATED METASEDIMENTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 70.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 7/4/84

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.