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Centennial Shaft

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Manganese, Zinc
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046401
MRDS ID M241553
Record type Site
Current site name Centennial Shaft
Alternate or previous names Centennial-Pioche Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4689, 37.89968 (WGS84)
Elevation 1777

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 33 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Highland Peak Limestone;Chisholm Shale
    Rock description Highland Peak Limestone;Chisholm Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4689, 37.89968
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 340M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SUNK TO 340 FT (IN 1910), INTENDING TO GO TO 800 TO INTERCEPT BEDDED VEINS OF PRINCE CONSOLIDATED

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN IF PRINCE LODE EXTENSION WAS FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENG. & MIN. JOUR CLIPPINGS, 1910, NBMG FILE 175

  • Deposit

    7 1/2' TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, USGS, PIOCHE, 1953.

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

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

External references

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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.