Chisholm Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037329
MRDS ID M032005
Record type Site
Current site name Chisholm Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Eagle, Whale, Alliance
Related records 10295598

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.48612, 37.93357 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 2 MILES W OF PIOCHE

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)

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
01N 67E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W OF MT. ELY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

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
    Rock description Chisholm Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.48612, 37.93357

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDDING VEIN LESS THAN 2 FEET THICK. MAY BE EXTENSION OF HALF MOON VEIN

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 District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1938
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.5 Oz Au 12 Oz Ag, 13% Pb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 13wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 339g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 14g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Production

    TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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.