The Silverton Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,840 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.52083, -115.87278
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Silverton Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silverton Mine
Secondary: West Pan Group
Secondary: Pan Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Pancake Range
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: Nichol Industrial Mineral Corp.
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1921
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: Pancake Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Cross Faults: N65e, 70se; N65w, 90; N85e, 47se.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Carbonates At The Faults Are Argillized, And Silicified.
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1980- A SAMPLE FROM THE DUMP OF THE SHAFT CONTAIN 2 % CA, 500 PPM AS, 1500 PPM MN, 200 PPM CU, 70 PPM AG, 150 PPM W, 500 PPM ZN, 5 PPM BE.
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Selenite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNTS OF SILVER ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1930-1937 CONTAINING 10-30 OZ SILVER PER TON. LAST SHIPMENT WAS IN 1953.
Comment (Development): 30-40 CLAIMS. A COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED IN THE 1920'S AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED BETWEEN 1930 AND 1937
Comment (Deposit): THE SELENITE VEINS ARE ONE INCH THICK.ANASTOMOSING VEINLETS OF WHITE DRUSY QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 100 FT SILVERTON SHAFT, FIVE ADITS.
References
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): KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL. 50 P. 49.
Reference (Deposit): HAZARDOUS SURFACE OPENINGS TO ABANDONED UNDERGROUND MINES-NEVADA; USDI-BM, PREPARED BY INTERNATIONAL MINING CONSULTANTS, INC., CONTRACT # J0295039
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.
