Seymour Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045241
MRDS ID M232933
Record type Site
Current site name Seymour Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.06371, 39.49492 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 044E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CHOSE A POINT IN NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED AT $2008.08/TON IN 1864

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 > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.06371, 39.49492

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Postmineral Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike NS4W
    Dip 56NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED BETWEEN $500 TO $100,000.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, F.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 19778 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, H.H., 1955, CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ON AUSTIN, NEVADA PROPERTIES OF HERCULESMINES COMPANY (UNPUB.): NBMG FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RETICULATE VEIN STRUCTURE WITH IRREGULAR ARE SHOOTS GENERALLY LESS THAN 100 FT LONG. THE SAVAGE VEIN HAS AN AVERAGE WIDTH AND THICKNESS OF 18 IN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.