Silver Peak Gold

The Silver Peak Gold is a silver and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,562 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: Silver Peak Gold
Secondary: Mineral Ridge
Secondary: Mary
Secondary: Mary-Drinkwater

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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

Type: Other
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Zephyr Resources, Inc.
Company ID: 2601996
Info Year: 1989

Owner Name: Touchstone Resources Co. (Sub Of Cornucopia)
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Mineral Ridge Resorces Inc.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1995 -

Owner Name: Cornucopia Resources Ltd.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1994

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Names): SAME PROPERTY AS MARY-DRINKWATER, AND MINERAL RIDGE MINE MAS SEQ # 0320090371, & MARY, 0320090163. MSHA MINES ID OF 2601722, 2602143, 2601996, &/OR BOM RESPONDENT ID, 2670200 USGS ID OF W002901 (WOO29O1). ALL THESE PROPERTIES ARE RELATED. THEY ARE CLAIMS ON THE MAIN PROPERTY THIS PROP. FILE WILL NOT CONTAIN RESERVE/RESOURCE OR ADIT DATA. PART OF THIS PROPERTY, SILVER PEAK, IS LOCATED IN SECTION 20. ALL THE ABOVE PROPERTIES ARE NOW AS OF 1997 CALLED MINERAL RIDGE: MAS SEQ 0320090371 WILL BE THE PRIMARY MAS PROPERTY FILE: MARY; MARY-DRINKWATER & SILVER PEAK ARE PAST PROD.

References

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #?, AUG. 31, 1996, P5.

Reference (Deposit): #2, "MINERAL RIDGE, (FORMERLY SILVER PEAK)".

Reference (Deposit): PP. 258, 259, "MINERAL RIDGE".

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P79, CORNUCOPIA RESOURCES LTD

Reference (Deposit): 1994/95, P335; "MARY-DARINKWATER PROJECT: 1996/1997,

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY, US MINES AND MINING COMPANIES,

Reference (Deposit): P. 21.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, P8, "MINERAL RIDGE".

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10, 1990,

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.