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Silver Camel Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Aluminum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045040
MRDS ID M232694
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Camel Mine
Alternate or previous names Hornsilver Claim, Grubstake, Abe Lincoln, Desert View, Silver Pick and Sulphide Claims.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.69738, 40.84738 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sulphur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Comments on the location information

  • S. END OF SULPHUR DEPOSITS NEAR DEVIL'S CORRAL. ; +/-1500 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED UP TO 23.6 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.69738, 40.84738
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.1M
    Depth to top 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Seams, Fractures, Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • CERARGYRITE ("HORNSILVER") OCCURS IN HARROW SEAMS UP TO 4 INCHES WIDE, ALL LESS THAN 20 FT. BELOW THE SURFACE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Sulphur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OVER $100,000 WORTH TO END OF 1938; UP TO 24 OZ/TON AG

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 28.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM INF. CIRC. 6995.

  • Deposit

    JONES, J.C., 1921, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON SILVER CAMEL MINING & DEVELOPMENT: ON FILE AT NBMG.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF SEVERAL TRENCHES AND SHALLOW SHAFTS TOTALLING 1500 FT. WITH THE DEEPEST SHAFT 95 FT. DEEP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-87 La Pointe, D.D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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