White and Shiloh Mine

The White and Shiloh Mine is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: White and Shiloh Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Berry, F. Langwith
Years: 1950 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1869
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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: Numerous Faults: 2 Sets-Nw And Ne-Trending

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Leaching Of Country Rocks

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1873 ORE YEILDED $350/TON IN SILVER

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION GIVEN ABOVE IS FOR 1937-1951 SHIPMENTS OF TAILINGS AND INCLUDES 1,424 LB. ZN. IN ADDITION, 1380 TONS ORE WERE PRODUCED IN 1870-1875 WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF APPROX $153,200. THIS ORE RAN UP TO $350/TON IN SILVER AT THAT TIME.

Comment (Location): ONE SIDE OF N. HEAD OF DUCK CREEK

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURRED AS A REPLACEMENT OF CRUSHED WALLROCK WHERE FRACTURE ZONE SPLITS.

Comment (Development): LARGE PRODUCER IN THE 1870'S, BUT IDLE AFTER 1885. PART OF THE FRENCH CO. HOLDINGS FROM 1880'S TO POST-1912.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FAULT ZONE

Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS, SHAFT

Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS WITHIN A PROMINENT NORTH-TRENDING FAULT ZONE ON THE FRINGE OF A COPPER-GOLD ZONE. THE VEIN RANGES IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 3 FT AND HAS BEEN TRACED FOR THOUSANDS OF FEET ONLY STRIKE. FIRST CLAIM WAS RECORDED IN 1869. THE VEIN WAS A LARGE PRODUCER INTHE EARLY 1870'S, BUT LAY IDLE AFTER 1885. THE 2 TUNNELS AND 160 FT. SHAFT WERE ABANDONED AND CAVED IN 1912. IT WAS PART OF THE FRENCH CO. HOLDINGS FROM EARLY 1880'S TO POST-1912. PROPERTY WAS OWNED IN 1950'S BY F. LANGWITHBERRY AND OTHER HEIRS OF THE LANGWITH ESTATE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H. AND STAKER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 594.

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.