Arrowhead Mine

The Arrowhead Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,289 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Arrowhead Mine
Secondary: Arrowhead Mining Co. Ground.
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2742.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Antimony

Location

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

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Arrowhead Mining Co.
Years: 1921 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Reveille Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TWO SHOOTS. IN A 3-8 FT WIDE VEIN FAULTED 160 FT WEST OF SHAFT

Structure

Type: L
Description: The Tuff On The West Is Faulted By An Arcuate Transcurrent Fault And Shear Zone.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Welded Tuff Is Pervasively And Intensely Bleached, Argillized, And Silicified. And Pyritized

Rocks

Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: (KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, 1980) - COMPOSITE GRAB SAMPLE: 700 PPM MN, 0.7 PPM AG, 10.0 PPM PB, 0.07 PPM HG, 700 PPM SR, 700 PPM BA.MAIN SHAFT DUMP SAMPLE 2742 CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 1.5 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 700 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 1-5 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 30 PPM CU, 30 PPM PB, 100 PPM S-B, 200 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR, AND 0.1 PPM AU (-BY AA ANALYSIS).

Materials

Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): THE PRODUCTION TABLE IS OF THE DISTRICT OF WHICH THE ARROWHEAD MINE IS THE MAIN PRODUCER.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS ARE FAULTED OFF 160 FT WEST OF THE SHAFT. MINES ARE CONFINED TO A NARROW N-TRENDING ZONE OF HIGHLY ALTERED M-IOCENE TUFFS AND INTRUSIVE RHYODACITE. ON THE WEST THERE IS A -MAJOR ARCUATE TRANSCURRENT FAULT AND SHEAR ZONE. SIMILAR SUBPA-RALLEL FEATURES BOUND THE EAST SIDE OF THE NARROW ZONE. THE CE-NTRAL BLOCK IS A STRUCTURALLY INTERMEDIATE PLATE THAT HAS BEEN- THRUST OVER OLIGOCENE VOLCANICS. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT T-HE DEEPER WORKINGS MAY PENETRATE THE PLATE, AS IS SUGGESTED BY- THE PRESENCE OF PALEOZOIC RUBBLE ON THE ARROWHEAD DUMPS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 345 FT. DEEP INCLINE SHAFT WITH FOUR LEVELS.

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985

References

Reference (Deposit): EKREN, E.B., ROGERS, C.L., AND DIXON, G.L., 1973, GEOLOGIC AND BOUGUER GRAVITY MAP OF THE REVEILLE QUAD.: USGS MAP I-806.

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS. BULL 99B, 1984, P. 39-42.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN,F.C.,1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEV. NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., RENO,NV.

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

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 16 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Production): KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, P. 752

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.