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Silver Center Mine

Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047714
MRDS ID M243139
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Center Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3804, Silver Center Claims, Golden Dawn Patented Mining Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07235, 39.46047 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wonder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 035E 05 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON PORPHYRY PEAK'S NORTH AND EAST SIDES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3804 FROM VEIN MATERIAL AT SHAFTS ON PORPHYRY PEAK CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.2% TI, 50 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 20 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 30 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 150 PPM ZR.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.07235, 39.46047
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wonder District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Belmont Resources, Inc., Tom Nimsic, Manager
    Home office 468 S. Maine St., Fallon, Nv 89406.
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lewis, Frank
    Home office 120 Greenridge Dr., Reno, Nv, 89509
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SHAFTS, PROSPECTS; SMALL OPEN PIT AND DOZER CUTS (1986) IN 1909 WHEN SURVEYED, THE PATENTS HAD 4 CUTS, 1 TUNNEL, 1 SHAFT, 1 INCLINE SHAFT AND 1 TUNNEL WITH DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • SILVER CENTER #1-17 LOCATED 1975-76; #18-25 LOCATED 1983, (#19-20 NULL & VOID-1985), ASSESSMENT CURRENT AS OF 1986. OPERATING IN 1986-ORE SHIPPED OVER TO WONDER MINE FOR HEAP LEACHING-REPORTED THAT ORE FROM THE SMALL PIT RAN 150 GRAMS/TON AG AND WAS BEING MIXED WITH OLDER TAILINGS FROM THE NEVADA WONDER CYANIDE OPERATIONS THAT RAN 50 G/T. THE 2 ORES WERE MIXED AND HEAP-LEACHED, BUT THIS OPERATION WAS CEASED IN 1984 DUE TO DECLINING AG PRICES. ORIGINAL GOLDEN DAWN CLAIMS 1, 2, 3 & 6 WERE SURVEYED FOR PATENT IN 1909. AT THAT TIME, OWNER WAS THE GOLDEN DAWN MINING CO. OF WONDER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK & TINGLEY, J.V., 8 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, 1986, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES

  • Deposit

    FRANK LEWIS, 1986, ORAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    PAY DIRT, MAR, 1984.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED VEINS ALONG VEIN SYSTEM WEST OF WONDER MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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