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Silver Hill Claims

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc
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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. 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. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047305
MRDS ID M242586
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Hill Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 499, Probably Same As Watterson Mine
Related records 10149253

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.44374, 40.87878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1606
Relative position ABOUT 4 AIRMILES S 40 W FROM GOLCONDA SUMMIT ON INTERSTATE 80.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 040E 26 NEAR CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Or Rock In Shear Zone

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 499 IS A GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE FACE AT THE NORTH END OF THE OPENCUT AND IT CONTAINS 20% FE, 0.7% MG, 1.5% CA, 0.15% TI, 200 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1000 PPM BI, 200 PPM CD,30 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, 7000 PPM CU, 70 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 15000 PB, 7 PPM 7 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 500 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 5000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel;Havallah
    Rock description Pumpernickel;Havallah
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.44374, 40.87878
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Golconda District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Herb Morton, Golconda, Nv
    First year 1984

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 7M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS AND ONE OPEN CUT UP TO 7 M DEEP. ALSO A SMALL HEAP LEACH PAD WITH A 1-M THICK PILE OF ORE. PAD IS 8 X 10 M. A PROSPECT 0.5 KM TO THE NORTH IS PROBABLY SIMILAR.

Comments on development

  • HEAP LEACH PAD WAS PROBABLY CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE LAST 2 YEARS (1984). ROCK FROM THE OPEN CUT WAS PLACED ON THE LEACH PAD BUT APPARENTLY NEVERLEACHED. LISTED AS A ACTIVE SILVER MINE IN 1983, EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS. IN 1983 IT WAS OWNED BY WATTERSON MINING CO., JACK AND WILLIAM WATTERSON, LESSORS, 601 BRIDGE ST, #209, WINNEMUCCA, NV 89445.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 21 JUN 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    USGS, MAP GQ-1174, 1974

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B, 1984, NBMG MI-1983

  • Deposit

    PARKE, K.G. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, NBMG MAP 84, ACTIVE MINES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDE COPPER MINERALS AND LIMONITE GOSSAN OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES IN A N 10 W, VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE IN LIGHT GRAY PHYLLITE. THE ZONE IS 2-4 M WIDE AND THE ROCK APPEARS TO BE SILICIFIED WITHIN THE ZONE. NO SULFIDE MINERALS WERE NOTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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