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Huhn and Hunt Shaft

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046413
MRDS ID M241568
Record type Site
Current site name Huhn and Hunt Shaft
Related records 10295506

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.45084, 37.92302 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 250(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 27 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN AND ABOVE CHAPMAN AND MAZEPPA MINES ON TREASURE HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.45084, 37.92302
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On Cross-Fissure Between Main Fissure Vein And Yuba Dike

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR, VOL. 88, P. 545-548.

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, J.W., 1907, MIN & SCI. PRESS, P. 177.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION ON AUG 23, 1983

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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