Simon Silver Mine

The Simon Silver Mine is a lead mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 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: Simon Silver Mine
Secondary: Nevada Mine
Secondary: Simon Lead

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bell District

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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Federal Resources Corp.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1969

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1879
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): ERAL CO., NEV., US BU MINES, WFOC MICROFILM FILE 80.8860.

Reference (Deposit): BENSON, W.T., SUPPLEMENTARY EXAM. RPT., SIMON PB-AG CO. MIN-

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA, 1923, PP. 138-140.

Reference (Deposit): 1941, PP. 480-483.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

Reference (Deposit): TRY. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT)

Reference (Deposit): CENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUS-

Reference (Deposit): AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CON-

Reference (Deposit): GAGE, H.L. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, IN: SOME FOREIGN

Reference (Geology): TIFIC PRESS, 1917, V. 114, PP. 130.

Reference (Geology): SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 114, PP. 130.

Reference (Geology): STEVENS, G.R., GEOLOGY OF THE CEDAR RANGE, MINING AND SCIEN-

Reference (Geology): STEVENS, G.R., GEOLOGY OF THE CEDAR RANGE, 1917, MINING AND

Reference (Deposit): PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE), NEV. BU MINES BULL. 38

Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): ERAL CO., NEV., US BU MINES I.C. 6941, 1937, PP. 17-18.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MIN-

Reference (Deposit): NEV., NEV. BU MINES BULL. 58, 1961, TB. 6.1, PT.1.

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO.,

Reference (Geology): NEV., USGS BULL. 725, PP. 362, 370-377.

Reference (Geology): PT. H, KNOPF, A., ORE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR MTN., MINERAL CO.,

Reference (Geology): RANSOME AND BURCHARD, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,

Reference (Deposit): ERAL CO., NEV., US BUMINES I.C. 6941, 1937, PP. 17-18.

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.