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Cuba Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037292
MRDS ID M031256
Record type Site
Current site name Cuba Mine
Related records 10296241

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.96115, 39.55549 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX 2 MILES WEST OF STEPTOE POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steptoe Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
20N 62E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N40-43E
    Dip 40-65SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • CUBA FISSURE CUTS ACROSS THE LIMESTONE BEDDING. SCATTERED IRREGULAR BODIES OF GALENA ARE IN A GANGUE OF WHITE AND BROWN FE BEARING CALCITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite (Steptoe)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION GIVEN FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT, OF WHICH THE CUBA MINE IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER. PRODUCTION WAS LARGEST IN THE YEAR 1948.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE FISSURE HAS BEEN OPENED BY A NUMBER OF SHORT TUNNELS AND OPEN CUTS FOR ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES THROUGH A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 500 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M. 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 85

  • Production

    HOSE, ET. AL., 1976

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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