Mine detail: Silver Park Mine

Previously called 'Jesse Knight Property Property'

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Location: Lincoln County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.46023, -114.35751
dep_id: 10037372
mrds_id: M032071
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cerargyrite, Copper, Galena, Lead, Pyrargyrite
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: Oxidation, Silicification
conc_proc: Replacement
ore_ctrl: Fractures, Bedding Planes And Joints At Favorable Stratigraphic Horizons
Reporter: Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)
hrock_unit: Ely Springs Dolomite
hrock_type: Limestone,Dolomite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Faults
Year first produced: 1871
disc_yr: 1869
References:
  • Deposit:: TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
  • Deposit:: COUCH, B. F. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 3-
  • Deposit:: HILL, J. M., 1916, USGS BULL 648
  • Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 164.
  • Deposit:: GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 70.
  • Deposit:: SHARP AND MYERSON, 1956, US AEC REPORT 3564.
  • Deposit:: COX, JOHN W., 1981, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ATLANTA DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. OF NEVADA,RENO M. S. THESIS.
  • Production:: TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970
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