Mine detail: Nivloc Mine

Previously called 'Desert SilverBig Horn Nos. 1-8, Desert Nos. 1-6, Vancouver Nos. 1-3,Plata Nos. 1-10, Walter Nos. 1-3 Claims.NBMG Sample Site 1139.'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.71577, -117.75815

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1907

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1925

Geology

Host rock:Rhyolite Of Cottonwood Springs
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Silver Peak Caldera, Ne-Trending Faults
Alteration processes:Argillization, Silicification

References

MRDSM241978
DEP10046771
Reference{Deposit:: KEITH, W.J., 1977; USGS BULL 1423}{Deposit:: ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: N.B.M.G. BULL 78.}{Deposit:: HUGHES, H.H., (194*), UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON BIG HORN EXTENSION GROUP MINING CLAIMS, NIVLOC, NV; ON FILE AT NBMG, FILE 101, ITEM 16}{Deposit:: NIVLOC MINES, INC., 1946, UNPUBLISHED SUMMARY ON THE NIVLOC MINE; ON FILE AT NBMG, FILE 101, ITEM 24}{Deposit:: SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA, SERIES, NO. 8; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS; CARSON CITY, NEVADA.}{Deposit:: QUADE, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION}{Production:: ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972 P.71. HUGHES, UNPUB. REPORT ON THE BIG HORN EXTENSION CLAIMS, P.3.}{Reserve-Resource:: EBBLEY, 1966, ROCKY MTN. MINERAL CONFERENCE TALK-NOTES.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)