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Nevada Des Moines Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046380
MRDS ID M241526
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Des Moines Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.44806, 37.93385 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)

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 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITIES PRESENT ARE UNCERTAIN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale
    Rock description Pioche Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.44806, 37.93385
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioche

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO COMPARTMENT VERTICLE SHAFT; DRILL HOLE 150 FT BELOW BOTTOM OF SHAFT

Comments on development

  • SHAFT AT 327 FT LEVEL IN 1914

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ, CM, & PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITES OF LINCOLN CO., NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, PG. 131.

  • Deposit

    ENG. & MIN. JOUR. CLIPPING, 7910, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175., 1914.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS NOT FOUND IN 400 FOOT SHAFT, BUT WAS FOUND 150 FT LOWER IN A DRILL HOLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-82 Lyles, B.F. (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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.