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Pacific Tunnel

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046379
MRDS ID M241525
Record type Site
Current site name Pacific Tunnel
Related records 10149829

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.44417, 37.92524 (WGS84)
Elevation 1862

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 23 SW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINS 50% PB, 200-300 OZ AG, AND $20-30 AU/TON (1911)

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) -114.44417, 37.92524
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Yuba Dike

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1200 FT LONG TUNNEL

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YUBA DIKE WAS INTERSECTED, CROSSCUT FOR 25 FT AND A 4-5 FT THICK ORE SHOOT WAS FOUND OF MILLING ORE. THE EAST END OF THE DRIFT ON THE DIKE IS AT THE 150 FT STATION OF THE SHAFT OF THE MASCOT SILVER MINING CO., THE SUCCESSOR OF THE BOSTON PIOCHE MINING CO. IN THIS PART OF THE DIKE IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN ORE SHOOT WAS FOUND 100 FT LONG, 2-3 FT THICK CARRYING 57% PB AND 157 OZ /T AG AND $10/T AU (1932). THIS ORE WAS FOUND BY FOLLOWING A QUARTZITE FISSURE" VEIN INTO THE PORPHYRY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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