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No. 10 Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037334
MRDS ID M032014
Record type Site
Current site name No. 10 Mine
Alternate or previous names West End Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.47334, 37.94024 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES NW 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
01N 67E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OTHER 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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale
    Rock description Pioche Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.47334, 37.94024
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 15NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY IS A BANDED OXIDIZED VEIN, AVERAGING 6 INCHES, WITH SAME ATTITUDE AS ENCLOSING BEDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioche District District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pioche Mines Co.
    First year 1932

Production statistics

  • Year 1932
    Period Up To 1932
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^$6 In Au 6% Pb 7 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 198g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 6wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE REPORTED TO ASSAY $20/TON (1932)

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE AN INCLINE AND AN ADIT

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

Reporter information

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

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