Sierra Nevada Mine

The Sierra Nevada Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,020 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: Sierra Nevada Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1868
Discovery Year: 1868
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: North-Trending Anticline; Regional Dip To W Or Nw

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): NORTH END OF COMSTOCK LODE

Comment (Development): WORKINGS EXPLORED THE EAST VEIN ON THE 2000-FT. LEVEL FOR ABOUT 1000 FT. FROM 1915-1916, ORE WAS STOPED FROM THE 2400 AND 2500 FT LEVELS WITH LITTLE RECOVERY. BY 1919 ALL WORK WAS ABOVE 2000 FT. LEVEL.

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, DRIFTS STOPES

Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE WAS ONE OF THE NORTH END MINES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE. THE WORKINGS EXPLORED THE EAST VEIN ON THE 2000-FT LEVEL FOR ABOUT 1000 FT. DURING 1915-1916 ORE WAS STOPED FROM THE 2400-AND 2500 FT LEVELS WITH LITTLE RECOVERY; BY 1919 ALL WORK WAS ABOVE 2000 FT. THE EAST VEIN AND HARDY VEINS ARE ALSO EXPLORED AT THIS PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STORCY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 49

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

Reference (Deposit): WPA STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

Reference (Production): STODDARD, C. AND CARPENTER, J.A. 1950

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.