Nevada · Nye County
Past Producer
Illinois Mine
Nye County, Nevada, United States
Lead Silver Gold Zinc Copper Uranium Manganese
Land & claims · BLM · live
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryZinc, Copper, Uranium, Manganese
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeSmall
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlBrecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite
GangueCalcite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Luning Formation
Associated rockDiorite,Plutonic Rock,Lamprophyre · Illinois Stock
StructureThrust Fault, Reverse Faulting
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1874
Description
Alfred Welch
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References
GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 86KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 96KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.NBMG FILE 238, ITEM 1 (1948)NBMG FILE 238, ITEM 7KRUEGER,AND SCHILLING,J., 1971, GEOCHRON /NBMG K/AR AGE DETERMINATIONS, LIST 1: ISOCHRON WEST, NO.71-1,P.9-14.
Identification
Deposit ID10044266
MRDS IDM231649
Alternate namesSand Mound Shaft, Silver Link Shaft, Marble Camp
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.99436, -117.88206
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.