| 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: | -114.48612, 37.93357 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2134 |
| Relative position | 2 MILES W OF PIOCHE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01N | 67E | 20 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||
| Rock unit name | Chisholm Shale | ||||
| Rock description | Chisholm Shale | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -114.48612, 37.93357 |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.61M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Pioche District District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Year | 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^.5 Oz Au 12 Oz Ag, 13% Pb/Ton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M032005 |
TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.
WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.
HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.
COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89
USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BEDDED VEIN MAY BE EXTENSION OF HALF MOON VEIN. |
| 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 |
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