Silver Top #2 Claim

The Silver Top #2 Claim is a silver mine located in Esmeralda 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

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Top #2 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Frank Lewis, Reno, Nevada
Years: 1979 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): CLAIM PATENTED BY JAMES H. MONTEATH IN 1911 (M.E. 4042)

Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED VEIN COMPOSED OF LENSES OF PORCELANEOUS WHITE QUARTZ BRECCIA, WITH MANY OPEN VUGS. SOME FLECKS OF PYRITE ENCASED IN QUARTZ

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, 1 SHAFT

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY,J.V., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION

Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-8,83-11, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL. 78.

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.