| Deposit ID | 60001661 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002906 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Pioche District |
| Related records | 10310394 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.45194, 37.93526 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lincoln |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| (1) | -114.45194, 37.93526 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | STEEPLY DIPPING FISSURES: N 50-70 E MINERALIZED |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure name | NORMAL FAULT |
| Structure description | EW, NS NORMAL FAULTING BEFORE THRUSTING; N 60 DEG E FAULTS MINERALIZED; N-S, NW POST MINERAL |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1863 |
| Discoverer | Hamblin (Panaca) |
| Year of first production | 1869 |
| District name | PIOCHE DISTRICT |
|---|
WESTGATE, L G AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS PROF. PAPER 171 79 P
PACK, F. J., 1906, GEOL. OF PIOCHE, NEV., AND VICIN: NEV. SCHOOL OF MINES QUART. VOL 27 NOS 3 AND 4, PP 281-333
ANDERSON, J. C., 1922, ORE DEPOSITS OF PIOCHE DIST: ENG AND MIN JOUR, VOL 113, 279-85.
HILL, J M, 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN E. NEV.: USGS BULL. 648, P. 124-137.
TSCHANZ, C M AND PAMPEYAN, E E, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV,: NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 73 P. 125-9.
LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., P. 125-129
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