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Silver Chamber Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246578
MAS/MILS ID 0320150572
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Chamber Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Chamber, San Jose, Silver Chamber Incline

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.07673, 39.48572 (WGS84)
Elevation 2109
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 N 044 E 30 NWNENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.07673, 39.48572
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, 1977, P. 94.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, 1915, PLATE XI, P. 102.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 997, 1953, PLATES 2 AND 4.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1870, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 41ST CONGRESS

  • Deposit

    2ND SESSION STATISTICS OF MINES & MINING IN THE STATES

  • Deposit

    AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, P. 131, 135.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1869, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 40TH CONGRESS

  • Deposit

    MINERALS RESOURCES OF THE STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF

  • Deposit

    THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, P. 98.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1872, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 43RD CONGRESS

  • Deposit

    THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, P. 117.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS ARSENIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-APR-95 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.