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Illinois Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Zinc
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046114
MRDS ID M234052
Record type Site
Current site name Illinois Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Prince Mine, Ora Lovell Mine, Lovell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.3828, 37.66802 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position JUST N OF MT. IRISH, Unknown Precision +/- 200 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Irish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute 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

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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
03S 59E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN SILVER CANYON, ADJOINING THE INDIANA CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FOUR-FOOT CHIP SAMPLE BY US BUREAU OF MINES GAVE: .005 OZ AU/TON, 10 OZ AG/TON, 4.4% PB, AND .2% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Overthrust

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 75 SE
    Thickness 6.4M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Cross-Faults With Main Lode.

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN 3-6 FT THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pahranagat

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. ILLINOIS CLAIM WORKED 1868-1897. SILVER PRINCE MINE ACTIVE PRIOR TO 1923. IN 1868 LOT YIELDED $112 PER TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS ARE 225 FEET APART WITH A CONNECTING DRIFT. 1 SHAFT AND 3 TUNNELS IN 1870, THE UPPER TUNNEL NEAR SURFACE, THE SECOND CUTTING THE SHAFT 187 FT BELOW SURFACE,-AND THE THIRD 228 FT BELOW SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BROWNE, J. R. 1868, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1867,P. 339-340.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R. W., 1869, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1868, P. 112-115.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R. W., 1870, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1869, P. 194-201.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F. C. , 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY, REN-O, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W. H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1334.

  • Production

    TSCHANTZ, AND OTHERS, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN, PART OF THE MAIN HIKO LODE, CONTAININGCHIMNEYS OF RICH ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-80 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-85 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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