Pioche Mill

Plant in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125723
MAS/MILS ID 0320179004
Record type Site
Current site name Pioche Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -114.44444, 37.94746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Location accuracy 10(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 001 N 067 E 14 W2SWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -114.44444, 37.94746

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant subcategory Flotation

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hollingshead Mining Contracting
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hollingshead Mining And Construction
    ID 2601035
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    NV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1981, P. 43.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUN-97 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/09/1983
MSHA mine ID2601035
Mine name (MSHA)Pioche Mill
Current operatorHollingshead Mining & Milling
Current controller (parent)Hollingshead La Var
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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