The Silver Camel Mine is a silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Silver Camel Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Camel Mine
Secondary: Hornsilver Claim
Secondary: Grubstake
Secondary: Abe Lincoln
Secondary: Desert View
Secondary: Silver Pick and Sulphide Claims.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Aluminum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Sulphur District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1908
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAYED UP TO 23.6 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): CERARGYRITE ("HORNSILVER") OCCURS IN HARROW SEAMS UP TO 4 INCHES WIDE, ALL LESS THAN 20 FT. BELOW THE SURFACE
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF SEVERAL TRENCHES AND SHALLOW SHAFTS TOTALLING 1500 FT. WITH THE DEEPEST SHAFT 95 FT. DEEP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): S. END OF SULPHUR DEPOSITS NEAR DEVIL'S CORRAL. ; +/-1500 M.
Comment (Production): OVER $100,000 WORTH TO END OF 1938; UP TO 24 OZ/TON AG
Comment (Workings): TRENCHES, SHALLOW SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM INF. CIRC. 6995.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, J.C., 1921, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON SILVER CAMEL MINING & DEVELOPMENT: ON FILE AT NBMG.
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.
