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New York and Silver Peak Mining Co. Mines

Occurrence in Esmeralda 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047088
MRDS ID M242336
Record type Site
Current site name New York and Silver Peak Mining Co. Mines
Alternate or previous names New York, Silver Chamber, John Grimes and 5 Other Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.71732, 37.79994 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 5.5 AIRMILES N55W FROM TOWN OF SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(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 002S 038E 01 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEADS OF NEW YORK AND ECHO CANYONS. UTM IS TO PROSPECT PIT ON THE NEW YORK CLAIM NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORES REPORTED TO HAVE ASSAYED $695., $707.44, AND $1166.16/TON IN 1865 WITH AG PREDOMINATING OVER AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.71732, 37.79994
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Discoverer Harvey A. Mills, John Grimes, W.C. Marley, C.D. Spires

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • NEW YORK AND SILVER PEAK MINING CO. BOUGHT SEVERAL CLAIMS IN 1865 AND 1866 UNDER COLONEL CATHERWOOD WHO BUILT A STAMP MILL BY 1867, BUT THEN MOVED IT TO PALMETTO IN 1868. IN 1869, HE SOLD OUT AND WENT BACK EAST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK; HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES, NO. 8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS NO RECORD OF ANY ORE BEING MINED OR MILLED BY THE COMPANY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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