Silver Mountain Working South

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Sulfur
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046840
MRDS ID M242056
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Mountain Working South
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1957

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46924, 37.20384 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Gold Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009S 041E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GOOD DIRT ROAD FROM GOLD POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1957 FROM STOPE ON CONTACT SHOWED ANOMALOUS PB, ZN, 300 PPM AG, AND 1.2 PPM AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46924, 37.20384

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tokop (Oriental Wash) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SHAFT, OPEN STOPES, 4 ADITS OF UNKNOWN CONDITION, AND STONE CABIN.

Comments on development

  • AREA HAS BEEN STAKED RECENTLY (1984) AND CABIN ON PROPERTY LOOKS OCCUPIED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL. 78, P. 71-72, P.60, PL.2.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 4-18-84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFUR OCCURS AS VEINLETS IN MARBLE OF WYMAN FORMATION IN A CANYON A FEW HUNDRED FEET NW OF SILVER MOUNTAIN PROSPECT. CONTACT OF QUARTZ MONZONITE WITH PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS; IRREGULAR STRIKE, VERY LOW DIP ANGLE, CONTACT FILLED WITH QUARTZ MATERIAL. HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION EXTENSIVE AND EXTENDING INTO A NARROW TACTITE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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

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