Simon Silver Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149252
MAS/MILS ID 0320210132
Record type Site
Current site name Simon Silver Mine
Alternate or previous names Nevada Mine, Simon Lead

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.86764, 38.56663 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 037 E 07 C W2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.86764, 38.56663

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00W
    Dip 70W
    Length 305M
    Width 12M
    Depth to top 70M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N00W:70W
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Bell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Federal Resources Corp.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    RANSOME AND BURCHARD, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,

  • Geology

    PT. H, KNOPF, A., ORE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR MTN., MINERAL CO.,

  • Geology

    NEV., USGS BULL. 725, PP. 362, 370-377.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO.,

  • Deposit

    NEV., NEV. BU MINES BULL. 58, 1961, TB. 6.1, PT.1.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MIN-

  • Deposit

    ERAL CO., NEV., US BU MINES I.C. 6941, 1937, PP. 17-18.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE), NEV. BU MINES BULL. 38

  • Geology

    STEVENS, G.R., GEOLOGY OF THE CEDAR RANGE, 1917, MINING AND

  • Geology

    SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 114, PP. 130.

  • Geology

    STEVENS, G.R., GEOLOGY OF THE CEDAR RANGE, MINING AND SCIEN-

  • Geology

    TIFIC PRESS, 1917, V. 114, PP. 130.

  • Deposit

    GAGE, H.L. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, IN: SOME FOREIGN

  • Deposit

    AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CON-

  • Deposit

    CENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUS-

  • Deposit

    TRY. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT)

  • Deposit

    1941, PP. 480-483.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    NEVADA, 1923, PP. 138-140.

  • Deposit

    BENSON, W.T., SUPPLEMENTARY EXAM. RPT., SIMON PB-AG CO. MIN-

  • Deposit

    ERAL CO., NEV., US BU MINES, WFOC MICROFILM FILE 80.8860.

  • Deposit

    ERAL CO., NEV., US BUMINES I.C. 6941, 1937, PP. 17-18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-88 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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