The Simon Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.56389, -117.86167
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Simon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Simon Mine
Secondary: Mammoth, Lillian, Lillian No. 1, and Lillian No. 2 Claims
Secondary: Nevada Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bell 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Simon Silver - Lead Ms. Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1919
Discovery Year: 1879
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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 replacement
Orebody
Form: CHIMNEY - LIKE SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: West Fault, East Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Adamite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limestone
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.
Comment (Production): AN ESTIMATED 500,000 TONS OF ORE MIGHT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT 800 FEET DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1922, ORE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN, MINERAL COUNTY, NEV., IN RANSOME, F.L. AND BURCHARD, E.F., EDS., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1921: USGS BULL. 725, P. 373-376
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.
