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Republic Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Vanadium
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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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008112
MRDS ID D000024
Record type Site
Current site name Republic Mine
Related records 10198277

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.5239, 37.69386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position AT HEAD OF CHIEF CANYON, 70 MILES N OF ALAMO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Mountain(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)

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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
03S 67E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS FOR AU, AG, V NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization Of Quartzite

Analytical data

Result SMELTER ASSAY, 1925: .08-.39 OZ/T AU, 2-8.4 OZ/T AG, 10.7-17.4 % PB, O-17.4 % PB, 0-1. 6% ZN, 2.3-4.2 %S

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) -114.5239, 37.69386
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne & Nw Trending Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO PIPELIKE
    Strike N05W
    Dip NEAR 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Intersections; Altered Zone In Quartzite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • PIPE OF ORE IN ALTERED QUARTZITE, VEIN NEARLY VERTICLE; ANOTHER ORE SHOOT OCCURS AT THE FRACTURE INTERSECTION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chief

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1925 RAN 0.08-0.39 OZ/TON AU, 1-8 OZ/TON AG, 11-17% PB, AND 2% ZN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS AND SOME PITS. THE UPPER 25 FT OF THE 180 FT SHAFT IS INCLINED 73 WHILE THE REMAINDER IS NEAR VERTICAL. THERE IS AN 18-FT DRIFT NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT.. THE UPPER 25 FT OF THE 180 FT SHAFT IS INCLINED 73 WHILE THE REMAINDER IS NEAR VERTICAL. THERE IS AN 18-FT DRIFT NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ, CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN LINCOLN CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E, 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE CHIEF DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., BULL OF NEV NO. 26

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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