Silver Coin Group

Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Vanadium
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  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 10043950
MRDS ID M231259
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Coin Group
Alternate or previous names Kramer Propertynbmg Sample Site 2307

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.32402, 40.92878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 041E 01,02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2307 OF OXIDIZED MATERIAL FROM OLDER DUMPS CONTAINS 10 % FE, 0.15 % MG, 0.5 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 15 PPM MN, 100 -PPM AG, 5000 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 5000 PPM BA, 7 PPM CO, 50 PPM C-R, 300 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 30 PPM-NI, 10000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB-, 5 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 1000 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 1500 PPM ZN, 20 -PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Comus
    Rock description Comus

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.32402, 40.92878

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N15E
    Dip 32W
    Thickness 1.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sinuous Thrust Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • 3 FT WIDE VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Iron Point District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner N. G. Tintle And Steven J. Tintle, Lessees, P. O. Box 133, Golconda, Nv 89414
    First year 1984
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Coin Mining Co
    First year 1984

Production statistics

  • Year 1924
    Period 1918-1924
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 0.2 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 6g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SILVER COIN SHAFT, AN ADIT, SEVERAL SMALL PITS, NUMEROUS BULLDOZER CUTS, A SMALL HEAP LEACH PAD, 2 NEW BUILDINGS, A HOUSE HIGHER ON- THE HILL (ACTIVE IN 1983 AND 1984)

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE MINE IN 1984 ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO ONGOING ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN JUNE, 1984. HOWE-VER, A BULLDOZER WAS PRESENT NEAR THE BUILDINGS AND THE HEAP-L-EACH SPRINKLER LINES, ETC SEEMED CAPABLE OF OPERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 59

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL I

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1974, MAP G0-1175

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 22 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION STAFF, 1985, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1984.

  • Deposit

    NBMG SPEC PUB MI-1983, 1984

  • Deposit

    NBMG MAP 84, 1984

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, USBM IC 6995, P. 28-29

  • Production

    WILLDEN, R., 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OLDER WORKINGS EXPLORE A SILICIFIED ZONE ABOUT 1.5 M WIDE IN QUARTZITE OF THE ORDOVICIAN COMUS FM. SPOTTY VEIN- QUARTZ OCCURS IN THE ZONE; HOWEVER,MUCH OF THE '' VEIN '' IS -A RESULT OF REPLACEMENT. THE WORKINGS ARE QUITE SHALLOW, AND N-EARLY ALL THE MATERIAL ON THE DUMPS-SEEMS ENTIRELY OXIDIZED. T-HE SILICIFIED ZONE IS APPARENTLY ALONG A THRUST FAULT WHICH IS- SINUOUS IN TREND DIPPING NW AT 25-50. IRON OXIDES OCCUR IN TH-E BRECCIATED SILICIFIED ROCK; GYPSUM IS PRESENT AS SUPERGENE F-RACTURE COATINGS. A SMALL PILE OF VEIN QUARTZ WITH ABUNDANT GA-LENA AND PYRITE WAS NOTED ON THE DUMP OF THE ADIT. EITHER THIS- HAS BEEN COLLECTED FROM ELSEWHERE ON THE DUMP, OR FROM OFF TH-E PROPERTY. IT WAS NOT SAMPLED. THE ROCK ON THE HEAP LEACH PAD- IS MOST PROBABLY FROM DUMPS ON THE SMALL HILL JUST TO WEST
Deposit THE WORKINGS EXPLORE A VEIN IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE AND BLACK SHALE. THE SILVER COIN SHAFT IS 165 FT DEEP ON A 30 INCLINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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