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Centennial Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104105
MRDS ID M241944
Record type Site
Current site name Centennial Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Centennial Mine, Hornsilver Claim, Summit Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.53231, 37.45189 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, Utm Is To Shafts In General Area Of Mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magruder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 040E 03 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT LIDA, 2 CLAIMS COVERING 40 ACRES. (6 CLAIMS IN 1909), 3 MILES WEST OF LIDA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RAN 24% CU, $4.60 AU, 176 OZ AG IN 1909.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.53231, 37.45189
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 1828.8M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Lida (Alida) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lessees-Butte Boys Consolidated Mines Co. Of Goldfield
    First year 1909

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT $125,000 WORTH OF ORE WAS TAKEN OUT OF SHALLOW WORKINGS (LESS THAN 35 FT) BY PRIMITIVE MINING METHODS IN EARLY DAYS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 167.64M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS. IN 1909, THERE WAS AN 82-FT SHAFT WITH A 69-FT CROSSCUT AT THE BOTTOM, AND DRIFTING ON THE MAIN LEDGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINCLAIR, J., 1912, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 3.

  • Deposit

    ROOT, W.A., 1909, "THE LIDA MINING DISTRICT OF NEVADA;" MINING WORLD, VOL. 31, P. 123-125.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN LEDGE IS INTERSECTED 300 FT WEST OF THE SHAFT BY 2 LARGE VEINS RICH IN CU AND PB, ALL OF WHICH MERGE WESTERLY: ANOTHER AU-AG ORE BODY WAS BEING DEVELOPED 500 FT WEST OF THE SHAFT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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