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Nevada · Esmeralda County
Occurrence

New York and Silver Peak Mining Co. Mines

Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States
Silver Gold
USGS source ↗

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.