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Silver Lode

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  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 10045920
MRDS ID M233814
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.72279, 38.59606 (WGS84)
Elevation 2265
Relative position = 50 MILES SOUTH OF ELY AND 45 MILES NORTH OF PIOCHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milk Ranch Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
009N 065E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SCHELL CREEK RANGE JUST NORTH OF PATTERSON PASS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Oxidation

Analytical data

Result NBMG SAMPLE 811 CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.7 % MG, 1.5 % CA, 300 PPM MN, 1500 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 70 PPM CD, 1000 PPM CU, 5000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 500 PPM SR, 70 PPM V, 2000 PPM ZN.

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pole Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Pole Canyon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.72279, 38.59606
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Patterson Pass Fault (E-W-Trending)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS
    Strike N20W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N20w Vertical Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS BRECCIATED AND SILICIFIED ALONG FAULT. SOME QUARTZ IS GREY AND MAY CONTAIN DISPERSED SULFIDES. APPLE-GREEN STAIN ON ROCKS IN DUMP MAY BE FE PHOSPHATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Patterson; Patterson Pass; Cave Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lausen, Sandra
    Home office Elko, Nv.
    First year 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SHAFT (20FT DEEP), 1 ADIT, 2 DOZER PITS (ASSESSMENT WORK)

Comments on development

  • LOCATION MONUMENT NEAR SHAFT READS "SILVER LODE, J. MONTEY OUSLEY(?),--?-- THOMSEN, LOCATED NOV. 6, 193-(?) NEW LOCATION MONUMENT READS "SILVER LODE, LOCATED BY SANDRA LAUSEN, ELKO, NV, 9/15/79.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK BY BENTZ/SMITH, NBMG, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ IS VUGGY AND DUMP ROCKS HAVE ABUNDANT SILICA-HEMATITE VEINLETS AND CU-OXIDES. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Molinari, Mark P. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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