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Silver Reef Prospect

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100734
MRDS ID M042801
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Reef Prospect
Alternate or previous names Silver Reef Claims
Related records 10310492

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.80535, 38.67076 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corcoran Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 046E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROAD WEST OF MONITOR VALLEY. UTM IS FOR SAMPLE SITE 3178. SAMPLE SITE 3187 IS N4282250, E515730. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.80535, 38.67076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E; N 25 E
    Dip 50 NW
  • Dip 50 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Barcelona District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Round Mountain Gold
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SMALL ADIT, MANY ROADS, DRILL PAD AND CONSIDERABLE DRILLING AND CORING IN 1986

Comments on development

  • AN INDIAN WAS REPORTED TO HAVE MINED THE PROPERTY FOR SILVER. BOB BOTTOM HELD THE GROUND AND VARIOUS COMPANIES HAVE HELD IT IN THE LAST 16 YEARS. CONSIDERABLE DRILLING AND CORING ON GOING IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 28 MAY 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., 1984, NBMG BULL 99B.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS AND SILICIFIED ZONES IN A VOLCANIC TUFF. GEOCHEM SAMPLING HAS REVEALED ANOMALOUS ARSENIC, MERCURY, MOLYBDENUM, ANTIMONY AND SPOTTY GOLD. BRECCIATION ASSOCIATED WITH FINE-GRAINED PYRITE IN A SILICIFIED MATRIX FROM A VEIN BEARING N 45 E, 50 NW IN WHAT WAS LATER DESCRIBED AS A HANGING WALL COMPLEX (SAMPLE 3178). SAMPLE 3187 WAS FROM A NARROW 6-12 INCH VEIN BEARING N 25 E, REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED BY AN INDIAN. QUARTZ VEIN HAD VISIBLE RUBY SILVER AND OTHER SULFIDES ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL ADIT IN THE HANGING WALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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