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Pioche King Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046529
MRDS ID M241704
Record type Site
Current site name Pioche King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4739, 37.90413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1795

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
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lyndon Limestone
    Rock description Lyndon Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4739, 37.90413
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John A. Kirby, Mgr. Pioche King Mining Co., Org. In 1909
    First year 1909

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 56.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT W/HOIST, COMPRESSORS (1909)

Comments on development

  • RICH BODY OF AG-PB ORE ENCOUNTERED IN 1909.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970 NBMG BULL 73, PL. 4.

  • Deposit

    ENG. & MIN. JOUR. CLIPPING, 1909-NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, J.C., 1922, ENG. & MIN. JOUR.

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.