Nevada · Esmeralda County
Producer

16 to 1 Mine

Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States
SilverGoldCopperAntimony
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Description

Olof Olson

Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold, Copper
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typevein/lode/replacement
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNE-TRENDING FAULTS AND FRACTURES
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Acanthite, Silver
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Clay
Geology
Host rockAndesite,Trachyandesite,Latite,Quartz Latite,Rhyolite · Sheep Mountain Latite
StructureNE-TRENDING FAULTS, SILVER PEAK CALDERA
Tectonic settingSILVER PEAK CALDERA
AlterationOXIDATION DUE TO SUPERGENE ALTERATION; STRONG PROPYLITIZATION; LOCAL ARGILLIZATION AND SILICIFICATION
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID10310540
MRDS IDM241976
Alternate namesHidalgo claim, Desert Eagle claim, Sixteen-to-One claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
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UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON TALK BY EBBLEY, GENERAL MANAGER OF MIDCONTINENT URANIUM AT ROCKY MTN.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, 1981 { { 13) MINING RECORD, 1981AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS ROSOURCES, 1989MI-80 thru MI-88; Amer. Mines, 1989; Amer. Mines, 1990; Young, 1983 (MD101, I47; MASMILS; Goldfield Land Status, 1978; NBMG Bull 78; USGS Bull 1423; Ebbley, (MD101, I6), 1966Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.