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Silvershield Property

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045733
MRDS ID M233534
Record type Site
Current site name Silvershield Property
Alternate or previous names May Be Same As Unnamed Prospects #5
Related records 10174276

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.97786, 38.71549 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position IN JEFFERSON CANYON, EAST OF JEFFERSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 044E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF THE KANROHAT PROPERTY; WNW OF WAREAGLE GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Alteration Of Rhyolite To "Talc" + Quartz

Analytical data

Result OF 12 CHANNEL SAMPLES, ONLY 3 SHOW MORE THAN A TRACE OF GOLD
Result AG RANGES FROM 0.6 OZ/TON TO 37.5 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.97786, 38.71549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES, STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jefferson Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER TUNNEL, 200 FT. LONG; LOWER TUNNEL 400 FT LONG WITH 2 LONG RAISES, 9 SMALL WINZES, AND RAISES 10-35 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F., 1920, REPORT ON SILVERSHIELD PROPERTY, JEFFERSON CANYON, NYE CO., NV: NBMG FILE 247, ITEM 4.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL. 50.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORES IS IN BUNCHES AND STRINGERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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