Silverado Claim Group

Past Producer in Esmeralda 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10047055
MRDS ID M242297
Record type Site
Current site name Silverado Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Silverado, A,B,C,G,H Claims, Silver Zone Mine?, Original Klondyke-Divide Mining Co. Property, NBMG Sample Site 445

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21063, 37.91438 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N;001N 042E;043E 25;19 NW OF NE (25) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 12 CLAIMS, 200 ACRES, 6 MILES SOUTH OF DIVIDE. ABOUT 1.8 AIRMILES EAST OF ROUTE 95 AND 2.4 AIRMILES WEST OF THE NYE COUNTY LINE. UTM IS TO MINE BUILDING NEAR SOUTH-CENTRAL PART OF CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Muscovite Granite Of Klondyke;Rhyolite Of Klondyke
    Rock description Muscovite Granite Of Klondyke;Rhyolite Of Klondyke
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Emigrant;Mule Spring Limestone
    Rock description Emigrant;Mule Spring Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.21063, 37.91438

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10E
    Dip 45SE
    Thickness 0.1M
    Length 914.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Klondyke (Southern Klondyke) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Original Klondyke-Divide Mining Co.
    First year 1922

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 TUNNELS AND SHAFTS, NONE DEEPER THAN 200 FT

Comments on development

  • THIS PROPERTY HAS THE LARGEST PRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT. PRE-1911, 100 CARS ORE CARRIED 2OZ/T AU, 40 OZ/T AG. 1911-1913, GROSS VALUE OF ORE SHIPPED BY LESSEE WAS $290,000; IN 1916 123 CARS ORE SHIPPED, AVG. $28/TON. HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS BEING SHIPPED BY LESSEES AND SU 8 LESSES IN1921.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92, P. 130-132.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1297

  • Deposit

    CHIPP, E.R., 1969, UNR MINES THESIS 351.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F. AND GARSIDE, 1982, GEOCHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE T ONOPAH, LONE MNT., KLONDYKE, AND NORTHERN MUD LAKE QUAD., NEV., NBMG BULL 96

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (9 JUL 82)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN EXPOSED FOR 3000 FT, IS 2-20 FT WIDE ON SURFACE. MASSIVE, MILKY QUARTZ, WITH DARK 1 MM-1 CM SELVAGES OF DK GRAY WALLROCK PARALLEL TO WALLS OF VEIN, GIVING VEIN BANDED APPEARANCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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