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Newark Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046376
MRDS ID M241521
Record type Site
Current site name Newark Mine
Related records 10222492

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4514, 37.9244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ON TREASURE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioche(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 067E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4514, 37.9244
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 50S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Yuba Dike, Parallel Fractures Within It.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Newark Silver Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 131.

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, J.W., 1907, MIN. & SCI. PRESS.

  • Deposit

    SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., VOL. 88, P. 547-548.

  • Production

    COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943, P.88.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED ORE DECREASED IN GRADE EASTWARD AND DOWNWARD. ORE OCCURS BOTH ON HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL OF THE YUBA DIKE AS WELL AS IN THE "MIDDLE VEIN", A SET OF FRACTURES PARALLELLING STRIKE OF AND WHOLLY WITHIN YUBA DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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