Mine detail: Pioche District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.93526, -114.45194

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Secondary: Gold
Discovery year: 1863

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: FISSURE VEINS, LIMESTONE REPLACEMENT
Production size: Large
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1869

Geology

Structure:STEEPLY DIPPING FISSURES: N 50-70 E MINERALIZED, EW, NS NORMAL FAULTING BEFORE THRUSTING; N 60 DEG E FAULTS MINERALIZED; N-S, NW POST MINERAL
Alteration processes:OXIDATION, HYDROTHERMAL

References

MRDSW002906
DEP60001661
Reference{Deposit:: WESTGATE, L G AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS PROF. PAPER 171 79 P}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A H AND BERGENDAHL, M H, 1968: PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS PROF. PAPER 610}{Deposit:: PACK, F. J., 1906, GEOL. OF PIOCHE, NEV., AND VICIN: NEV. SCHOOL OF MINES QUART. VOL 27 NOS 3 AND 4, PP 281-333}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, J. C., 1922, ORE DEPOSITS OF PIOCHE DIST: ENG AND MIN JOUR, VOL 113, 279-85.}{Deposit:: HILL, J M, 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN E. NEV.: USGS BULL. 648, P. 124-137.}{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C M AND PAMPEYAN, E E, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV,: NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 73 P. 125-9.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., P. 125-129}