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Arrowhead Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042636
MRDS ID M060494
Record type Site
Current site name Arrowhead Mine
Alternate or previous names Southeastern Mine
Related records 10295392

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.58614, 37.11247 (WGS84)
Elevation 1831

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Southeastern Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahranagat Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
09S 57E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N END OF PINTWATER RANGE, AREA UNSURVEYED IN DESERT NATIONAL WILDLIFE RANGE AND NELLIS AIR FORCE RANGE. UTM IS TO MAIN CENTRALLY LOCATED SHAFT OF MANY WORK-INGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.58614, 37.11247
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Sheet

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE IN SILICIFIED FAULT ZONE. ORE MINERALS CROP OUT FOR 100 FEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name None

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • HISTORY AND PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • A 60 DEG INCLINED SHAFT FOLLOWS THE ZONE TO DEPTH OF AT LEAST 60 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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