California-Pioche Shaft

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046400
MRDS ID M241552
Record type Site
Current site name California-Pioche Shaft
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1425
Related records 10125414

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4564, 37.92107 (WGS84)
Elevation 1960

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)

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
Mount Diablo 001N 067E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1425 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20% CA, 1500 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 150 PPM BA, 50 PPM CU, 10000 PPM PB, 300 PPM SB, 300 PPM SR, 100 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lyndon Limestone;Pioche Shale
    Rock description Lyndon Limestone;Pioche Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4564, 37.92107

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulted(?) Contact Between Limestone And Shale; Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE COVERED SHAFT, FOUNDATION, HEAD FRAME, MORE ROADS AND SURFACE-SCRAPING THAN SHOWN ON MAP

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE ALONG FAULTED(?) CONTACT BETWEEN CAMBRIAN PIOCHE SHALE AND LYNDON LIMESTONE. LIMESTONE CUT BY ABUNDANT CALCITE STRINGERS, PODS, GRAINS. FRESH PYRITE INTERSPERSED IN LIMESTONE ON DUMP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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