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Oldtimer Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046378
MRDS ID M241524
Record type Site
Current site name Oldtimer Mine
Related records 10270851

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.48751, 37.9369 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085

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 001N 067E 20 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • OFTEN DESCRIBED WITH CHISHOLM MINE, WHICH IS 0.2 MILE TO THE SSE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Chisholm Shale;Highland Peak
    Rock description Chisholm Shale;Highland Peak
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.48751, 37.9369
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trending N 40 E, Dipse

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Fault?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS SHOWN ON PL 4 OF NBMG BULL 73

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H. , 1970, NBMG BULL 73, PL. 4.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY BE EXTENSION OF HALF MOON VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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

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