Chapman Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098659
MRDS ID M241554
Record type Site
Current site name Chapman Mine
Related records 10222422

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.45056, 37.92385 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Location accuracy 250(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 001N 067E 27 NW OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON TREASURE HILL, BETWEEN MAZEPPA AND WASHINGTON & CREOLE MINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1420 CONTAINS 500 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 1000 PPM BA, 100 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM PB, 1500 PPM SB, 100 PPM SN, 200 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.45056, 37.92385

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Vein On Cross-Fissure Between Main Fissure Vein And Yuba Dike.

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pioche Mines Co.
    First year 1932

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 50,000 TONS OF ORE OF UNKNOWN GRADE WAS INSIGHT BEFORE 1932

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS P.P. 171, P. 56-57.

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, J.W., 1907, MIN. & SCI. PRESS.

  • Deposit

    SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., VOL. 88.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, AUG. 23, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHAPMAN VEIN. VEIN FILLING RANGES FROM A LOOSE RUBBLE OF ANGULAR QUARTZITE FRAGMENTS TO A BRECCIA CEMENTED BY LEAD CARBONATE, LIMONITE, AND JAROSITE. VEIN RANGES IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO A FEW FEET HIGH-GRADE STREAK IS NARROW AND VERY SILICEOUS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.