The Silver Hoard is a silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Silver Hoard MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Hoard
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Proctor (Silver Zone)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE SILVER ZONE DISTRICT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1802 WHEN SILVER DISCOVERIES WERE MADE. A MINING 'RUSH' ENSUED AS THE SILVER MINES WERE DEVELOPED; A POST OFFICE SERVED THE AREA FOR A YEAR. IN 1917 THIS PROPERTY HAD A SMALL RECORDED PRODUCTION OF SILVER. THE EARLY PRODUCTION IS NOT KNOWN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 10 FT WIDE.
Comment (Location): SSE OF SILVER ZONE PASS
Comment (Production): SMALL RECORDED PRODUCTION IN 1916.
Comment (Development): DISTRICT DISCOVERED IN 1872. EARLY PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C. (1923), MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO.
Reference (Deposit): POTTERSON, EDNA (1964), WHO NAMED IT?, ELKO INDEPENDANT-W. & M. MONROE PUBLISHERS
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M. (1976) P. 135-6
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.
