Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryZinc, Copper, Manganese, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNe-Trending Faults And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsAcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Quartz Latite,Latite,Trachyandesite,Andesite · Latite Of Sheep Mountain
Associated rockRhyolite,Quartz Latite,Latite,Trachyandesite,Andesite · Latite Of Sheep Mountain
StructureSilver Peak Caldera, Ne-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingSilver Peak Caldera
AlterationOxidation Due To Supergene Alteration; Strong Propylitization; Local Argillization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID10046769
MRDS IDM241976
Alternate namesHidalgo, Desert Eagle and Sixteen-To-One Claims, NBMG Sample Site 2602
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates37.7155, -117.78482
References
ASHLEY, R.P. AND KEITH, W.J., 1971, GEOCHEMICAL DATA FOR THE SIXTEEN-TO-ONE MINE NEAR SILVER PEAK, ESMERALDA CO., NEV: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORTROBINSON, P.T., 1972, PETROLOGY OF THE POTASSIC SILVER PEAK VOLCANIC CENTER, WESTERN NEVADA: GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL. VOL. 83, P. 1693-1708.KEITH, W.J., 1977, USGS BULL. 1423.UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON TALK BY EBBLEY, GENERAL MANAGER OF MIDCONTINENT URANIUM AT ROCKY MTN. MINERAL CONFERENCE IN DENVER, COLO., 1966.NEWS CLIPPING, RENO EVENING GAZETTE, MAR. 4, 1981: "ESMERALDA SILVERMINE NEARS COMPLETION".MINING RECORD, SEPT. 24, 1980.PROSPECTUS FOR SUNSHINE MINING CO., DEC. 11, 1980GEOL. SOC. NEV. TALK, SEPT. 10, 1982NEV. MINING ASSOC., BULL., MAY-JULY, 1980.PAY DIRT, INTERMOUNTAIN, JUNE, 1980.11) NEV. MINING ASSOC. BULL. NOV-DEC 1980-JAN 1981.12) NEVADA MINING ASSOC. BULL, JUNE, 198113) MINING RECORD, 1981AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS ROSOURCES, 1989EBBLEY, 1966-TALK AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINERAL CONFERENCE, DENVER. AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989