Silver Reef Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Antimony
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. Geologic structures
  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 10103886
MRDS ID M060378
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Reef Mine
Alternate or previous names Part of Desoto Mine Property
Related records 10296516

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.14791, 40.54239 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 8 MI. S OF IMLAY; ALONG STAR CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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)

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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 034E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT. ESE OF DESOTO MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.14791, 40.54239

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fitting Fault (Trending N-Nw)
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northward Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone (Fitting Fault)

Comments on the geologic information

  • FITTING FAULT MARKS THE CONTACT BETWEEN ROCHESTER RHYOLITE AND LIMESTONE OF NATCHEZ FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    SILBERLING AND WALLACE, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF IMLAY QUAD., PERSHING COTY, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-666

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Deposit PART OF THE DESOTO PROPERTY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. 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.