Mine detail: Jeep Group

Previously called 'Clifford Gold-Silver Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.95773, -116.57979

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1920

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Structure:Fault Zone, Crushing
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM241966
DEP10046760
Reference{Deposit:: BENSON, W.T., 1947, PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION REPORT: CLIFFORD GOLD-SILVER PROSPECT, NYE COUNTY, NV. WFOC MINER. PROPERTY FILE NO. 30.43 (NEVADA); NBMG FILES}{Deposit:: NORBERG, J.R., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE AND THE NELLIS BOMBING AND GUNNERY RANGE, CLARK, LINCOLN, AND NYE COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG FILES}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50, P. 72.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H., 1972, NBMG BULL 77, P. 37.}{Production:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, P. 72}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)