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Silver Peak

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037297
MRDS ID M031262
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Peak
Alternate or previous names May Be Same As Hanna Mine
Related records 10150067

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.24085, 39.32883 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position AT HEAD OF SMITH CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Moriah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
17N 69E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.24085, 39.32883
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Contact Of 2 Formations.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ALONG FAULT BETWEEN POLE CANYON LIMESTONE AND PIOCHE FORMATIONS. MINERALIZED ZONE TRENDS E 300 FEET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Moriah Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1925
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.002 Oz Au/Tn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 0g/mt
  • Year 1925
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^11 Oz Ag/Tn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 311g/mt
  • Year 1925
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^74% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 74wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • RECORDED PRODUCTION FROM 26 TONS OF CONCENTRATE

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED IN PROSPECT PITS TO DEPTHS OF A FEW FEET, SHAFTS, AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH 1976, GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL 85.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OFR MLA 50-83.

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF 1244-A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEAD-SILVER ORE BODIES ARE REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN A MARBLE KLIPPE OF LIMESTONE FM ALONG ITS NORTHERN FAULT CONTACT WITH UNDERLYING QUARTZITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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