Silver Trailer Group

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046125
MRDS ID M234092
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Trailer Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.00817, 39.06075 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Broken Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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)

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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS THE BROKEN HILLS MINE; ESTIMATED LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.00817, 39.06075

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name Broken Hills District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Baxter, V. S.
    Home office Fallon Nevada

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period Early 1930'S
    Material ORE AG PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^80 Oz. Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 2259g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FOOSHAFT AND 1,000 FEET LATERAL WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • GROUP OF 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PROPERTY IDLE FOR SEVERAL YEARS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNARSSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6941

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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