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Eastern Prince Shaft

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046406
MRDS ID M241560
Record type Site
Current site name Eastern Prince Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.46945, 37.90357 (WGS84)
Elevation 1791

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 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.46945, 37.90357
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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 District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eastern Prince Gold And Silver Mining Co.
    First year 1922

Comments on the workings information

  • 200-FT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 8 CLAIMS BELIEVED TO HAVE EXTENSIONS OF THE ADJOINING PRINCE CONSOLIDATED LOW-GRADE FE-MN DEPOSITS CARRYING A LITTLE AG, PB, ZN AND AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIII, P. 1124.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1189.

  • Deposit

    ZALINSKI, F.R., 1913, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., VOL. 95, NO. 16, P. 809-812

Reporter information

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

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