Nevada · Esmeralda County
Occurrence
New York and Silver Peak Mining Co. Mines
Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States
Silver Gold
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
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlBedding
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena
GangueQuartz
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1865
Description
Harvey A. Mills, John Grimes, W.C. Marley, C.D. Spires
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References
SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK; HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES, NO. 8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA
Identification
Deposit ID10047088
MRDS IDM242336
Alternate namesNew York, Silver Chamber, John Grimes and 5 Other Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.79994, -117.71732
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.