Treasure Hill Mines North End

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Iron, Arsenic
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037337
MRDS ID M032018
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Hill Mines North End
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 1420, 1421. Many of These Mines Chapman, Mazeppa, Newark, Yuba, Meadow Valley, Washington and Creole, Boston-Pioche Are Described On Individual Crib Site Forms. The, Remainder Are Described As A Whole Here.
Related records 10271324

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.45028, 37.92357 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3/4 MILE SOUTH 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 22,23,26,27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MINES ARE SCATTERED AROUND N SIDE OF TREASURE HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1421 CONTAINS 10 % FE, 30 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 100 PPM BA, 70 PPM CU, 7000 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale
    Rock description Pioche Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite;Yuba Dike
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite;Yuba Dike
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.45028, 37.92357

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Highland Peak Overthrust

Ore body information

  • Strike N40-65E
    Dip 90 TO STEEPLY NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Yuba Dike, Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • RAYMOND AND ELY, MEADOW VALLEY, AND BURKE VEINS STRIKE ROUGHLY EW AND DIP 50 DEG S OXIDIZED AG ORE IN THE QUARTZITE DECREASED IN GRADE EASTWARD AND DOWNWARD. MEADOW VALLEY VEIN MINED CONTINUOUSLY FOR 2000 FEET TO DEPTH OF 1,200 FT. AVERAGE ORE THICKNESS WAS 2-3 FEET. GALENA AND SPHALERITE INCREASINGLY ABUNDANT IN THE LOWER LEVELS. RICH AG/PB ORE WAS MINED FROM THE YUBA DIKE. THREE OR MORE CROSS VEINS STRIKE NE AT 45 DEG TO PRINCIPAL VEINS. THE "QUARTZITE FISSURES" ARE VEINS WITH FILLING OF LOOSE RUBBLE OF ANGULAR QUARTZITE FRAGMENTS TO A BRECCIA CEMENTED BY PB CARBONATE, LIMONITE, AND JAROSITE. QUARTZITE BEDS STRIKING N15-20W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioche District District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • CUMMULATIVE PRODUCTION FROM RAYMOND & ELY MINING CO. AND THE MEADOW VALLEY MINING CO. TOTAL $ WORTH WAS $16,049,000. IN 1872, THE "DISTRICT" SHIPPED $5,151,200 IN FINE AG BULLION, $127,200 IN BASE BULLION, AND $42,600 IN AU.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS,ADITS, TRENCHES, CUTS, PROSPECT PITS. MOST OF THE OLD WORKINGS ARE NOW CAVED (1983).

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

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

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MF-136.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORE A SERIES OF FAULTS AND SHEARS AND THE N END OF THE YUBA DIKE, A PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTOR TO THE MINERALIZATION OF THE AREA. MUCH OF THE FAULT BRECCIA SHOWS MILLING TEXTURE WITH JAROSITE AND FE-MN OXIDES COATING MOST EXPOSED SURFACES. THE QUARTZITE RANGES FROM WHITE TO GREY-ROSE COLORED WITH PROMINENT BANDING. PODS OF VERY FINE-GRAINED ARGENTIFEROUS ? MINERAL ALONG WITH GALENA AND OTHER SULFIDES ARE DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE BRECCIA. YELLOW OXIDES ARE ALSO COMMON ON EXPOSED SURFACES. ABUNDANT SERICITE IS PRESENT. LOCALLY THE BRECCIA ZONES ARE SILICIFIED AND ABUNDANT GOSSAN OCCURS WHERE ORE MINERALS HAVE WEATHERED OUT. LATE OPALINE SILICA IS DEPOSITED ON FRACTURE SURFACES AND IRON SULFIDES HAVE ALTERED TO SPECULAR HEMATITE. EUHEDRAL QUARTZ CRYSTALS LINE CAVITIES. QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL WHICH FILLS FAULT FISSURES EXHIBITS BRECCIATION AND IS RECEMENTED WITH SILICA, AND CONTAINS BANDS OF FINELY DISSEMINATED GREY SULFIDES
Deposit THESE ARE MINES IN PROSPECT MOUNTAIN QUARTZITE VEINS. INCLUDES: RAYMOND AND ELY MAZEPPA, NEWARK YUBA OR AMERICAN FLAG, MEADOW VALLEY ALPS (SEE SEPARATE REPORT), WASHINGTON AND CREOLE BOSTON-PIOCHE, BURKE POORMAN (SEE SEPARATE REPORT) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-79 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-93 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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