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Newark Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222492
MRDS ID M241521
MAS/MILS ID 0320170486
Record type Site
Current site name Newark Mine
Related records 10046376

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.45144, 37.92436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Location accuracy 100(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 22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.45144, 37.92436
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940127

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1873

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Newark Silver Mining Co.
    Year 1873

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1909, V. 88, P. 547-548.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1971, P. 131.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JAN-94 Stevenson U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.