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Yuba East Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046537
MRDS ID M241714
Record type Site
Current site name Yuba East Mine
Alternate or previous names Mascot Silver Mining Co.?, Boston-Pioche Group?
Related records 10295526

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.44751, 37.92385 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987

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 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INMEDIATELY ADJOINING THE YUBA MINE ON THE EAST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result 1 CARLOAD/MONTH OF $50/T ORE SHIPPED, 1913-1914

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.44751, 37.92385
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Series Of Transverse Fractures Across Dike With Some Movement Form Ing A Gouge

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Yuba Dike, Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • YUBA DIKE SPLITS HERE, ONE BRANCH GOING SE, ONE DISAPPEARING

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mascot Silver Mining Co. Providence Mines And Commercial Co.
    First year 1913

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1493.52M
    Overall depth 256.03M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1400 FT OF SHAFTS AND RAISES AND 3500 FT OF DRIFTS. DEPTH OF SHAFT ON THE INCLINE IS 840 FT. WORKINGS CONNECTED TO THE YUBA MINE BY A DRIFT ON THE 100 FT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1909. 12 CLAIMS. RETURNS FROM ORE SHIPMENTS SAID TO HAVE PAID FOR DEVELOPMENT WORK DURING 1918. SHIPPING ORE IN 1913

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., SEPT, P. 545-548

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1922, THEMONES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1251

Reporter information

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

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