Silver Lick

The Silver Lick is a silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Lick

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1871
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR STRATABOUND

Structure

Type: L
Description: Steep Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Carbonate About Faults

Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Shale
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Shale
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): OREBODIES LOCALIZED WHERE FRACTURES INTERSECT FAVORABLE BEDS. NEAR-SURFACE OREBODIES

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS AS NEAR SURFACE BODIES

Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY LIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF ADAM'S HILL, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. FROM 1871 TO 1916 5,293 TON OF MOSTLY SILVER ORE WAS PRODUCED, WITH A VALUE OF $241,876 (NOLAN 1962) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B. OF M. BULL 64.

Reference (Deposit): USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 92, REFERENCE NO 3201100211

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406

Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., (1962)

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.