Silver Pick Mine

The Silver Pick Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

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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 Pick Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.72333, -117.23306

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Silver Pick Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Pick Mine
Secondary: Deserted
Secondary: North End Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield 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: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Silver Pick Consolidated Mines Co.
Years: 1922 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Post-Mineral Faulting And Brecciation


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization, Silicification, Pyritization


Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Early Miocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Early Miocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Early Miocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Early Miocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FAULT BRECCIA CARRIED $1 - $5/TON IN GOLD (1948 PRICES)


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): 5 PATENTED CLAIMS 60 ACRES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Comment (Development): NEWMONT MINING CORP. DID GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES IN 1940'S TO DETERMINE EXISTENCE OF VEIN EXTENSIONS UNDER THE SIEBERT LAKE BEDS TO THE WEST OF THE MAIN MINING DISTRICT. THE SILVER PICK SHAFT WAS THEN REOPENED AND STUDIED AND THE FAULT-VEIN WAS DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTH FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 271 FT, 500 FT. SHAFT 1500 FT DEEP BY 1922. ALSO A 280 FT. SHAFT.

Comment (Geology): A LARGE BODY OF LOW-GRADE SULFIDE ORE WAS EXPOSED ON THE DESERTED SHAFT (1922)


References

Reference (Deposit): SEARLS, F., 1948, NBMG BULL. 48, P. 18-20

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1334.


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.