Silver Lode Claims

The Silver Lode Claims is a gold, copper, and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.

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: Silver Lode Claims
Secondary: Dolomite
Secondary: Maggie No. 1 Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 488

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: John Torok Of Reno
Years: 1965 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1945
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 488, A GRAB SAMPLE OF IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL FROM THE DUMP, CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.07 % C-A, 0.02 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 20- PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 500 PPM- SB, 200 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 50 PPM W.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Iron

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940'S

Comment (Development): PROSPECTED IN EARLY 1940'S; DUMP MATERIAL SHIPPED IN 1940'S RAN 20 OZ./TON AG. MINOR PRODUCTION, JUDGING FROM SMALL TAILINGS PILE IN WASH. NO ACTIVITY HERE IN 1984, BUT A BULLDOZER IS LEVELLI-NG AN AREA OF ALLUVIUM 0.5 KM TO THE WEST, POSSIBLY FOR SOME S-ORT OF TEST HEAP LEACH PAD FOR PREBLE ORE. ALSO, THERE ARE REC-ENT DRILL HOLES 0.2-0.3 KM WEST OF THE OLD WORKINGS (FRAG CLAI-MS).

Comment (Workings): 5-6 SHORT ADITS, ALL PROBABLY 5-50 M LONG. APPARENTLY A SMALL MILL WAS LOCATED IN THE WASH BELOW THE WORKINGS AS T-HERE ARE A FEW HUNDRED CUBIC METERS OF TAILINGS.

Comment (Deposit): NEW DISCOVERY REPORTED FROM THE OSGOOD RANGE, SILVER LODE CLAIMS (4) LOCATED BY F. R. O'LEARY, JACK S. KIRWIN, LOCATED AT S END OF EDEN VALLEY ON WESTERN SLOPE OF OSGOOD RANGE. PROPERTY PROSPECT IN EARLY 1940'S, 60' WINZES SUNK FROM THE OF DRIFT, DRIFTING DONE ALONG VEIN AND 2 40' WINZES SUNK FROM ENDS OF DRIFTS, PODS OF SCHEELITE ENCOUNTERED IN VEIN MATERIAL FROM WINZE. DUMP MATERIAL FROM EARLY WORK SHIPPED IN 1940'S, 20 OZ AG ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM

Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE WHITE TO CLEAR QUARTZ VEIN FOLLOWING A LOW-ANGLE THRUST FAULT THAT SEPARATES BROWN-WEATHERING DOLOMITE IN -THE LOWER PLATE FROM MEDIUM-GRAY LIMESTONE IN THE UPPER PLATE.- THE FOOTWALL JUST BELOW THE VEIN IS HIGHLY CONTORTED GRAY PHY-LLITE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS 0.5 CM WIDE VEINLETS OF CALCITE IN T-HE UPPER PLATE LIMESTONE. QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL IS COMMONLY STA-INED WITH IRON OXIDE MINERALS.

References

Reference (Deposit): SILVER STATE (APRIL 12, 1919) WINNEMUCCA NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): ETCHART, JOHN (1980) PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1974, GQ MAP 1174.

Reference (Production): ETCHART, J., 1980

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.