Illinois Mine

The Illinois Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 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: Illinois Mine
Secondary: Marble Camp
Secondary: Sand Mound Shaft
Secondary: Silver Link Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Lodi District/Marble

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Burt, C. I.
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca
Years: 1951 -

Owner Name: Jack Swanson

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1874
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: Paradise Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault, Reverse Faulting

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 47.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.01 % U3O8.

Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): OVER $1 MILLION PRODUCTION HAD BEEN RECORDED BY 1948A G3 82 04

Comment (Deposit): THREE VEINS: THE ILLINOIS, WELCH, AND EAST VEIN. THREE VEINS COMPRISE A ZONE UP TO 150 FT WIDE, TRACEABLE FOR ABOUT A MILE LATERALLY.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,060 FT ILLINOIS SHAFT, 400 FT SAND MOUND SHAFT, AND THE 65 FT SILVER LINK SHAFT.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP. PROPERTY CONSIST OF FIVE PATENTED AND 18 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS.

Comment (Development): DRIFTS, STOPES AND CONNECTED WORKINGS

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 238, ITEM 7

Reference (Deposit): KRUEGER,AND SCHILLING,J., 1971, GEOCHRON /NBMG K/AR AGE DETERMINATIONS, LIST 1: ISOCHRON WEST, NO.71-1,P.9-14.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 86

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 96

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 238, ITEM 1 (1948)

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.