USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
Nivloc Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Mining district
- Silver Peak District (1865) (Red Mountain District, 1864)
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Desert Silver, Big Horn Nos. 1-8, Desert Nos. 1-6, Vancouver Nos. 1-3,, Plata Nos. 1-10, Walter Nos. 1-3 Claims., NBMG Sample Site 1139.
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Silver Peak Caldera Ne-Trending Faults Alteration: Argillization, Silicification Deposit: Principal operation of the nivloc mine began in 1938 under the direction of braylorne, ltd. Of canada. Operating under the name of desert silver, the…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 shaft symbols
- 6 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Braylorne, Ltd Of Canada · Historical operator
- Vollmer, F. · Historical operator
- Mr. Colvin · Source-reported owner
- Sunshine Mining Co. And Mid-Continent Mining Corp. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Acanthite
- Amethyst
- Calcite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
View all 10 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Acanthite
- Amethyst
- Calcite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Limestone
- Quartz
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (4)
- mapped adit symbols (6)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60838
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (8)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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