Relief Mine

The Relief Mine is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Relief Mine
Secondary: Batavia and Pacific
Secondary: Old Relief Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Rochester Treasure Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1869
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Thrust Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): AN ARGENTIFEROUS QUARTZ VEIN IS IN THE LOWER MEMBER OF THE PRIDA FM NEAR THE LOWER CONTACT. RICH SILVER ORE OCCURS NEAR A LOWER TRIASSIC TOPOGRAPHIC HIGH FORMED BY A TRIASSIC RHYOLITE PORPHYRY INTRUSION THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF THE SILVER.

Comment (Other Database): $200,000 - $2,500,000 (1870)

Comment (Location): UTM COORDINATES NOT EXACT, MINE SOMEWHERE IN SECT 15

Comment (Production): $200000-$250000

Comment (Development): WORKED MAINLY IN THE 1870'S. FROM 1898-1905 MINE WAS WORKED ON A REDUCED SCALE.

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS AN ARGENTIFEROUS QUARTZ VEIN IN LIMESTONE.

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1869 AND WORKED MAINLY IN THE 1870'S PRODUCING BETWEEN $200,000 AND $2500000 WORTH OF AG ORE TILL 1874. 1898 TO 1905 MINE WAS WORKED ON A REDUC SCALE. MINE NOW OWNED BY ROCHESTER TREASURE MINING CO. THE MINE IS IN THE LOWER MEMBER OF THE PRIDA FORMATION NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE UNDERLYING WEAVER RHYOLITE OF THE KOIPATO GROUP. RICH SILVER ORE OCCURS NEAR A LOWER TRIASSIE TOPOGRAPHIC HIGH FORMED BY A TRIASSIC RHYOLITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIVE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF REMOBILIZED SILVER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 580, P. 362-364

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBL. P. 212

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, 1977

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

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.