Nevada Superior

The Nevada Superior is a lead mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,667 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: Nevada Superior
Secondary: Superior

Commodity

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

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope

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

Type: Fee Ownership
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Rogers, Gus
Company ID: 2601460

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1885
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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Galena

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZED ZONE EXTENDS LATERALLY ALMOST 2 MILES TO THE ANTELOPE MINE. THE AMOUNT OF MINERALIZATION BETWEEN THE SUPERIOR AND ANTELOPE MINES IS UNKNOWN. BOTH MINES APPEAR TO BE ALONG THE SAME VEIN.

Comment (Production): THE LAST YEAR OF PRODUCTION WAS SOMETIME BETWEEN 1935-1942.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): COLUMN ONE REFERS TO OXIDIZED ORE, COLUMN TWO TO SULFIDE ORE WHICH OCCURS AT DEPTH.

References

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 7-93, P. 95.

Reference (Deposit): MILLER, M.S., 1993, EMIGRANT TRAIL STUDY AREA, U.S. BUREAU

Reference (Deposit): APRIL 1943

Reference (Deposit): WAR MINERALS REPORT, SUPERIOR MINE, PERSHING CO., NEV.,

Reference (Deposit): NEV., NEV. BUMINES BULL. 89, PP 44-48, 1977

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING CO.,

Reference (Deposit): V. 1, PP. 16, 27

Reference (Deposit): MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N. NEVADA AND NW UTAH, SUMMARY OF

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955-1961, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964

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.