Orizaba Mine

The Orizaba Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 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: Orizaba Mine
Secondary: Green Metals Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Republic

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: Welch, Hubert
Years: 1949 -

Owner Name: Miller Estate, Lou

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Cedar Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1945 - A PICKED SAMPLE OF SULFIDE ORE ASSAYED 0.06 OZ GOLD, 50.5 OZ SILVER PER TON.

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRICE OF SILVER IN 1918 WAS $0.70 PER OUNCE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 145 FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 65 AND 85 FT., A 65 FT WINZE.

References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 44-45.

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

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 44-45

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.