Silver Conner Shaft

The Silver Conner Shaft is a silver and gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,599 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Conner Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1877
Discovery Year: 1877
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: IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Silver Conner Transverse Fault.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): WORKED FROM 1877 GO 1921 INTERMITTANTLY. 5,937 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $167,132 WERE PRODUCED. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF THE SHAFT, A 3,000 FT ADIT AND 4 MILES OF SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS. WHICH PROBABLY INCLUDE THE PROSPECT MOUNTAIN TUNNEL, COLORADO TUNNEL & CHICAGO TUNNEL

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500 M.

Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1877 TO 1921

Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR CAVITIES OR CAVES IN CARBONATE, CONNECTED BY SEAMS AND SMALL FISSURES

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, 3000-FT. ADIT AND SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS

Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR CAVITIES OR CAVES IN CARBONATE, CONNECTED BY SEAMS AND SMALL FISSURES

References

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

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100120

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

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM I.C. 7022

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.