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Silver State Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104000
MRDS ID M232602
Record type Site
Current site name Silver State Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 2379 and 2380

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.93709, 41.19128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 30 MILES NW OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver State Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 036E 09,04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 7.5 MILES SSW OF DAVEYTOWN. UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 2379 IS N4560120, E421500, AND UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 2380 IS N4560300, E421280.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2379 WAS TAKEN FROM THE DUMP OF THE MAIN ADIT AND THE PROSPECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEIN. SAMPLE 2380 WAS -TAKEN FROM THE DUMP AND EXPOSED VEIN IN THE UPPER WORKINGS TO -THE WEST.

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.93709, 41.19128
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65E; N20W
    Dip 35NW; 85E
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65E; N20W
    Dip 35NW; 85E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Awakening District; Slumbering Hills; Amos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Producers Inc, Cain Springs, Nevada
    First year 1985

Comments on the production information

  • 280,000 TONS ORE FROM DISTRICT THRY 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE LARGE ADIT AT THE EAST SIDE OF THE CAMP AND A MAJOR SHAFT AND ADIT TO THE WEST (UP THE HILL). NO ROAD TO THE U-PPER WORKINGS; OTHER MINOR PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; 1964; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6-10-85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE QUARTZ VEINS IN A DEEPLY WEATHERED GRANODIORITE. A 2-3 FT WHITE BULL QUARTZ VEIN WAS EXPLORED BY THE BIG ADI-T IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CAMP. THE VEIN BEARS N65E, 35N-W AND HAS BEEN MINED ALONG ITS STRIKE FOR OVER 200 FT. A SMALL- PROSPECT ABOUT 0.25 MILE FARTHER TO THE NE MAY BE ON AN EXTEN-SION OF THE SAME VEIN. SMALLER QUARTZ VEINS PARALLEL AND CROSS-CUT THE MAJOR VEIN SYSTEM. THE UPPER SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A 2-3 F-T QUARTZ VEIN THAT BEARS N20W, 85E. THE SHAFT IS ABOUT 60 FT D-EEP AND IS INTERCEPTED AT DEPTH BY AN ADIT DRIVEN ALONG THE ST-RIKE OF THE VEIN FROM A POSITION ABOUT 60 FT DOWN THE CANYON. -THE VEIN IS HIGH IN PYRITE, BUT NOT MUCH ELSE IS VISIBLE.
Deposit VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MINE. NO PRODUCTION RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1985 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

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