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Schodde Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Barium-Barite
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103584
MRDS ID M032030
Record type Site
Current site name Schodde Mine
Alternate or previous names Lyndon Mine, Part of Comet Coalition Mines Co In 1949, NBMG Sample Site 1438 A & B
Related records 10125407

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59778, 37.87607 (WGS84)
Relative position IN THE LYNDON GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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
01S 66E 09,04,PROJECTED,FROM,EAST;04,PROJECTED,FROM,EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED. WESTSIDE OF HIGHLAND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OTHER ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Wallrock

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE = 1 OZ AG/TON 1% PB 3% ZN 7-9% MN . SAMPLES 1438A AND 1438B CONTAIN, RESPECTIVELY: 15%FE, GREATER THAN 20 AND 20% CA, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 100 AND 10 PPM AG, 50 AND 100 PPM BA, 200 AND 150 PPM CD, 100 AND 70 PPM CU, 20 000 AND 500 PPM PB, 100 AND 0 PPM SB, 300 PPM SR, GREATER THAN 10 000 PPM ZN. . SAMPLES 1438A AND 1438B CONTAIN, RESPECTIVELY: 15%FE, GREATER THAN 20 AND 20% CA, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 100 AND 10 PPM AG, 50 AND 100 PPM BA, 200 AND 150 PPM CD, 100 AND 70 PPM CU, 20 000 AND 500 PPM PB, 100 AND 0 PPM SB, 300 PPM SR, GREATER THAN 10 000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Highland Thrust Plate
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Limiting Ore On The East

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODIES ARE IN BEDDED LIMESTONE, JUST BELOW THE CHISHOLM SHALE FM. ORE EXTENDS ALONG THE BEDDING FOR 25 FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE FISSURES, WITH LITTLE ORE IN THE FISSURE. GALENA OCCURS IN THE LAMPROPHYRE DIKES, IN POCKETS WITH BROWNISH EARTHY GANGUE. LOW GRADE PRIMARY AG-PB-ZN MN ORE IN THE COMBINED METALS MEMBER, AT DEPTHS BETWEEN 590 AND 1250 FEET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1895

Mining district

District name Comet Districtdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles H. Schodde

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM THE UPPER 6-8 FEET OF THE LYNDON LIMESTONE; WORTH $125,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE DIAMOND DRILL HOLES BY THE US BUREAU OF MINES AT 12-15 FEET OF LOW GRADE ORE. MAJOR ADIT WITH A WINZE AND SEVERAL DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. IN 1983, SEVERAL OPENINGS AND DRIFTS FANNED OUT ALONG NEARLY HORIZONTAL REPLACEMENT BED. SEVERAL SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS OF LESSER EXTENT ON HILLSIDE ABOVE MAIN MINE. . MAJOR ADIT WITH A WINZE AND SEVERAL DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. IN 1983, SEVERAL OPENINGS AND DRIFTS FANNED OUT ALONG NEARLY HORIZONTAL REPLACEMENT BED. SEVERAL SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS OF LESSER EXTENT ON HILLSIDE ABOVE MAIN MINE.

Comments on development

  • 3 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES NEAR THE SCHODDE MINE BY THE USBM IN 1949. PROPERTY WAS INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, BUT JEEP TRAIL AND MINE DUMPS HAD BEEN REWORKED WITHIN THE PAST 5 YEARS OR SO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 166, PRESS CLIPPINGS; MINING RECORD, 1924.

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG 26, 1983.

  • Deposit

    TRENGOVE, R.R., 1949, USBM RI 4541.

  • Production

    WESTGATE AND KNOPF, 1932

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORE A 10-15 FT THICK REPLACEMENT BED IN LIMESTONE. BEDDING IS GENERALLY HORIZONTAL WITH A SLIGHT INCLINATION OF 5-10 E. MOST ROCKS AT MINESITE ARE MEDIUM TO THICK-BEDDED, ARGILLACEOUS MARLY GREY-BROW TO YELLOWISH TAN LIMESTONES, SOME RECRYSTALLIZED AND/OR SHOWING ALGAL STRUCTURES. MASSIVE LIMESTONE CLIFFS (HIGHLAND PEAK FM) LIE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ABOVE THE MAIN WORKINGS, AND CHISHOLM (?)SHALE OUTCROPS 50-80 FT UPSLOPE FROM WORKINGS, INDICATING THAT MINE IS PROBABLY IN UPPER LYNDON LIMESTONE. THE EXPLORED HORIZON IS CHARACTERIZED BY LIGHT RED HEMATITE, LIMONITE, AND SPARSE MN OXIDES. THE CEILING OF THE WORKINGS CONSISTS OF MARLY ORANGE-BROWN LIMESTONE,FINELY CRYSTALLINE, WITH POCKETS OF LIMONITE, LENSES OF FE-MN OXIDES, AND RANDOM CALCITE VEINS AND VEINLETS. THE REPLACEMENT HORIZON IS DARK BROWN, MORE COARSELY CRYSTALLINE AND MARLY IN APPEARANCE. NBMG SAMPLE 1438 CONSISTS OF DARK RED-BROWN LIMESTONE OF THIS TYPE WITH IRREGULAR WHITE VUGGY CALCITE VEINS,GALENA AND PYRITE.
Deposit SULFIDES ARE GENERALLY VERY FINE GRAINED. THE ROCKS ARE QUITE DENSE, POSSIBLY DUE TO FINE-GRAINED DISSEMINATED SULFIDES, OR BARITE. SOME SPECULARITE WAS NOTED ON FRACTURE SURFACES, AND ALSO SOME SILICIFICATION OF WALLROCK. EVIDENCE OF SHEARING OR BRECCIATION ALONG BEDDING PLANE FAULT IS VISIBLE WITHIN WORKINGS, INDICATING REPLACEMENT MAY HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY CONTROLLED BY THE BEDDING PLANE FAULT. OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING MINERALIZATION, ACCORDING TO THE LITERATURE ARE THE SCODDE FISSURE (N70E) AND LAMPROPHYRE DIKES. ORE EXTENDS ALONG BEDDING 25 FT ON EACH SIDE OF FEEDING FISSURE; VERY LITTLE ORE OCCURS IN THE FISSURE ITSELF. ORE IS FAULTED OFF ON THE EAST BY A N20E FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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