Clifford Mine

The Clifford Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,161 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Clifford Mine
Secondary: Helena

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Clifford District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: W. B. Naismith, Western Gold Corp.
Years: 1925 - 1946

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
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: Kawich Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: PIPES AND BUNCHES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Leached Rhyolitic Volcanics

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Stephanite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): MINE OWNED BY CLIFFORD HILL MINING CO. IN 1906; WESTERN GOLD CORP. IN 1925-1946; THE LAST KNOWN LESSEES WERE ON THE PROPERTY IN THE MID-1960'S FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300 FT AND A 400 FT SHAFT. THE 400 FT SHAFT IS FLOODED TO THE 300 FT LEVEL.

Comment (Geology): THE VERTICAL FAULT IS HEAVILY PYRITIZED.

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE ZONE IS 125 FT BY 70 FT THE SHEARED FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE WAS HEAVILY PYRITIZED, BUT THE ORE WAS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE AGGLOMERATE.

References

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1916, THE GOLDEN ARROW, CLIFFORD, AND ELLENDALE DISTRICTS: USGS BULL. 640-F, P. 121-122.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 220, ITEM 1.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 220, ITEM 2.

Reference (Production): KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, 1980

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 42-43

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.