Silver Chief Mine

The Silver Chief Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Silver Chief Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 38.64833, -118.24278

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Silver Chief Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Chief Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN

Comment (Deposit): SILVER ORE OCCURS AT CONTACT OF RHYOLITE WITH GRANITE.

Comment (Deposit): LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN,. BUT IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORKINGS SHOWN ON THE TOPO SHEETS IN THE VICINITY OF RHYOLITE PASS. UTM IS APPROXIMATE - TO ONE MINE SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET, BUT LOCATION MAY BE INCORRECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NEVADA NEWLETTER PUBLISHING CO


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.