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Silver Sulphide Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044483
MRDS ID M231927
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Sulphide Group
Alternate or previous names Cactus Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82729, 37.70856 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Relative position ONE MILE SW OF CACTUS SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cactus Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 046E 04 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) The Rhyolite Is Silicified And Kaolinized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.82729, 37.70856
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cactus Spring District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bailey, Edith F.
    Home office San Bernardino, Ca
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 265 FT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 41

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1907, GEOLOGY RECON. IN SW NEVADA AND E. CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 95-96.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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