Solid Silver Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047438
MRDS ID M242740
Record type Site
Current site name Solid Silver Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2603
Related records 10246853

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.60403, 41.61932 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullinix Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 039E 08 NW OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN SOLID SILVER CREEK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2603 OF MASSIVE VUGGY WHITE VEIN QUARTZ, BRECCIATED WITH SULFIDE CEMENT CONTAINS 0.7 % FE, 0.003 % TI, 10 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 0.65 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 10 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 10 PPM BI, 300 PPM CD, 500 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 2000 PPM PB, 50 PPM SB, 30 PPM SN, 7000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.60403, 41.61932

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 90
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone; Rock Cleavage

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rebel Creek District; New Gold Fields District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS (CAVED); OLD MILL RUINS

Comments on development

  • OLD MILL RUINS INDICATE SOME SMALL PAST PRODUCTION; NO ACTIVITY IN1984, BUT 2 NEW RECENT CUTS MADE AT COLLAR OF LOWER SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 04 SEPT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE WHITE VEIN QUARTZ ON MINE AND MILL DUMPS; POSSIBLE VEIN OUTCROP NEAR UPPER SHAFT. N 30 E, VERTICAL SHEAR, 1 FT WIDE, WITH VUGGY QUARTZ, CUTTING PHYLLITE WALLROCK. VEIN QUARTZ CONTAINS SULFIDES, AND IS BRECCIATED. SULFIDES FORM BRECCIA MATRIX COATING QUARTZ FRAGMENTS. PHYLLITE CLEAVES N 30 E; SHEARING AND VEINING APPARENTLY FOLLOW ROCK CLEAVAGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.