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Hillside Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103973
MRDS ID M231975
Record type Site
Current site name Hillside Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.47756, 37.91217 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position To Within 0.5 Miles., To Within 0.5 Miles., To Within 0.5 Miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kawich Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(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 Nye

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.47756, 37.91217
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silverbow District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Karr, Lawrence , Dyer, George And Holmberg, C. E.
    Home office Tonopah
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT WITH 700 FT OF DRIFTS AND 500 FT OF RAISES, A 300 FT ADIT, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 164-165

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 165.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-80 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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