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16 To 1 Mine

Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese
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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. Reserves and resources
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046769
MRDS ID M241976
Record type Site
Current site name 16 To 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Hidalgo, Desert Eagle and Sixteen-To-One Claims, NBMG Sample Site 2602
Related records 10310540

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.78482, 37.7155 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 9 AIR MILES WSW OF TOWN OF SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mohawk Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(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

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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 038E 32 CENTER OF S2 OF S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.5 MILES WEST OF NIVLOC MINE . UTM IS TO ADIT ON THE PROPERTY, BY COTTONWOOD SPRINGS. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Due To Supergene Alteration; Strong Propylitization; Local Argillization And Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Chronological age 5.9
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Chronological age 5.9
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Chronological age 5.9
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Trachyandesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Chronological age 5.9
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Latite Of Sheep Mountain
    Rock description Latite Of Sheep Mountain
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Chronological age 5.9
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Chronological age 5.9
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Chronological age 5.9
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Chronological age 5.9
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Trachyandesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Chronological age 5.9
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Latite Of Sheep Mountain
    Rock description Latite Of Sheep Mountain
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Chronological age 5.9

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Silver Peak Caldera
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E-N65E
    Dip STEEP, NEAR VERTICAL; ABOUT 75 SE
    Thickness 3M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 10.7M
    Depth to top 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 253M
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E-N65E
    Dip STEEP, NEAR VERTICAL; ABOUT 75 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Faults And Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer Olof Olson

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865) (Red Mountain District, 1864)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Suhine Mining Co., Project Mgr. Allen Young
    First year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunshine Mining Co. And Mid-Continent Mining Corp. (Littleton Colo.)-Joint Venture
    First year 1981

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1966
    Total resources 204000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 16.941 g/mt Gold Minor 1966

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SUNSHINE MINING CO. OFFICIALS EXPECT THE MINE TO YIELD UP TO 1 MILLION OZ. AG PER YEAR FOR 9 YEARS (1981 ESTIMATE)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1005.84M
    Overall depth 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS; ACCESS TUNNEL 1075 FT. LONG TRAVERSES THE STRIKE OF THE VEINS; VEIN HAS BEEN EXPLORED BY MANY INCLINED BOREHOLES AND CORE DRILLING. IN 1966 SHRINKAGE STOPING WAS PLANNED, WITH 6000 FT. OF ADDITIONAL WORKINGS INCLUDING 2 LOWER LEVELS CONNECTED TO ADIT LEVEL BY A 400-FT. WINZE. A MILL WAS PLANNED.

Comments on development

  • ACQUIRED IN 1960'S BY SUNSHINE MINING CO. (2/3 INTEREST) AND MIDCONTINENT URANIUM CO. (1/3 INTEREST). CONSTRUCTION OF A 550 TON PER DAY MILL BEGAN IN MAY, 1981. OPENING OF THE MILL IS SLATED FOR MARCH, 1982, EXPECTED TO EMPLOY 60 PERSONS AT MINE AND MILL. IN 1963, MID-COINENT URANIUM CO. ACQUIRED LEASES AND OPTIONS ON THE MOHAWK AND SANGER MINES; AND STAKED THE CLIFF GROUP OF 28 CLAIMS COVERING THE INTERVENING GROUND BETWEEN THE 16 TO 1 AND MOHAWK PROPERTY. THE GROUP OF CLAIMS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY MID-CONTINENT IN 1964 FORMED A CONTIGUOUS GROUP OF 67 CLAIMS FROM THE 16 TO 1 PROPERTY TO THE MOHAWK AND SANGER PROPERTIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE SHEETED, TABULAR BODIES; EPITHERMAL FISSURE VEIN WHICH PERSISTS TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 253 M. WHERE IT IS 12 M. WIDE. HANGING WALL IS SHEETED QUARTZ-CALCITE WITH MANGANESE OXIDES AND CLAY POCKETS. THE FOOTWALL SIDE IS MOSTLY MASSIVE CALCITE PARTIALLY REPLACED BY QUARTZ
Deposit DISCOVERER, OLOF OLSON COMPLETED MOST OF THE RELATIVELY SHALLOW WORKINGS ON THE VEIN PRIOR TO 1940. IN 1961 AND 1962, CALLAHAN MINING CO., UNDER LEASE AND OPTION, COMPLETED 5 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES TO TEST THE VEIN STRUCTURE AT DEPTH UP TO 1000 FT. DOWN. UNDER ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE AND OPTION, MID CONTINENT URANIUM DROVE A 1030-FT. CROSSCUT TUNNEL TO INTERSECT VEIN AT 350-500 FT. BELOW THE OUTCROP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey

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