The Skookum Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Skookum Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Skookum Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Skookum 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
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): UNKNOWN AMOUNT
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN HAS BEEN TRACED FOR 500 FT ALONG STRIKE
Comment (Workings): A SHAFT WITH ABOUT 220 FT. IN DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT 100 FEET IN DEPTH, WITH ABOUT 220 FEET IN DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, ALONG A VEIN THAT STRIKES NORTH AND DIPS 60 DEG-85 DEG W. THEVEIN IS LESS THAN 1 FOOT THICK AND HAS BEEN TRACED ON THE SURFACE FOR ABOUT 500 FEET ALONG STRIKE. IT HAS BEEN MINED DOWNDIP FOR ABOUT 170 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88
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.
