Arrowhead Syndicate Mines, Inc.

The Arrowhead Syndicate Mines, Inc. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Arrowhead Syndicate Mines, Inc.  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 38.08278, -116.17667

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Arrowhead Syndicate Mines, Inc. MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Arrowhead Syndicate Mines, Inc.


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Arrowhead District; Needles 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

Owner Name: Arrowhead Syndicate Mines Inc.
Years: 1922 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong, Of Tuffs


Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): ADJOINING ARROWHEAD MINE ON THE SOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): INCORPORATED IN 1919-4 CLAIMS, 80 ACRES. WORK SUSPENDED IN 1920 FOR LACK OF FUNDS. NO ACTIVITY IN 1985

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS

Comment (Workings): 200-FT. DEEP SHAFT


References

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1922, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV.

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1921, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-806

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NEV: NBMG. BULL, IN PRESS, BULL 99B, 1984

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD NOTES


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.