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Silver Chief Mines

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037625
MRDS ID M035705
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Chief Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22373, 38.63325 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 8.5 MI BY RD. N-NW OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ferguson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 034E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX. 1.5 MI SE OF SISKON CORP. EXPLORATION PITS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERAL FORM OF GOLD NOT GIVEN - MAYBE AS AMALGAM (AG-AU); TOURMALINE PRESENT IN VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Silver Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22373, 38.63325
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ORE SHOOTS IN VEINS
    Dip 45 DEG S
    Length 304.8M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRON OXIDE, FELDSPAR PRESENT IN VEINS; TOURMALINE BANDED PARALLEL TO VEIN WALLS; IRON OXIDE AND SULFIDES DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Chief Mines Co.
    First year 1919

Comments on the production information

  • SPENCER ESTIMATED $50,000 - $60,000 PRODUCTION VALUE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SPENCER ESTIMATES SOME UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT OF RESOURCE REMAINING IN 1919

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS LESS THAN 100 FEET DEEP CONNECT WITH THE LATERALS

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: 0.010 ; ECON.COM: ABOVE COSTS ARE ESTIMATES OF L. B. SPENCER, MINING ENGINEER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    L. B. SPENCER, NOV. 25, 1919 , REPORT TO DR. D. A. SMITH ON SILVER CHIEF MINES COMPANY'S PROPERTY, SANTA FE MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, N

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EACH VEIN CROPS OUT ON SURFACE FOR MORE THAN 1,000 FEET, AND EXPECTED TO HAVE GREAT DEPTH. TWO VEINS PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) 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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