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Silver Lead Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Copper, Antimony, Strontium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047349
MRDS ID M242636
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Lead Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2338

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39873, 40.57184 (WGS84)
Elevation 1820

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

China Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 041E 07 CENTER OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • FAIR TO POOR ACCESSIBILITY; 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF THE ALDRICH MINE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2338 OF SELECT BARITE VEIN MATTER WITH METALLIC SULFIDE MINERALS CONTAINS 15% FE, 7% MG, 10% CA, 0.02% TI, 2000 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG500 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 500 PPM CD, 1500 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI +2000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 20 PPM SC, +5000 PPM SR, 15 PPM V, 10 PPM Y,+10000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Prida, Augusta, Cave Springs
    Rock description Prida, Augusta, Cave Springs

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENTICULAR
    Strike N30E; N35E; N55E
    Dip 65NW; 65NW; 70NW
  • General form TABULAR, LENTICULAR
    Strike N30E; N35E; N55E
    Dip 65NW; 65NW; 70NW
  • General form TABULAR, LENTICULAR
    Strike N30E; N35E; N55E
    Dip 65NW; 65NW; 70NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones, Nne-Trending

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Iron Mat District; Aldrich District; Cherry Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OR MORE ADITS, ONE LARGE DUMP, SEVERAL PITS

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE DURING 1880'S; INACTIVE IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, P. 61-62.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, 1964, SOUTHERN PACIFIC. CO., P. 101.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, USBM IC, 6092, P. 8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN MATTER ON LARGE DUMP. JASPEROID BRECCIA PRESENT ON DUMP, DIKE ROCK IN FLOAT. 3 MINERALIZED FAULT ZONES SEEN IN OUTCROP, EACH 1 M OR LESS WIDE, CONTAINING BRECCIATED WALLROCK, GOSSAN AND STRINGERS OF WHITE BARITE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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