Non Pareilminemine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Manganese
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037349
MRDS ID M032031
Record type Site
Current site name Non Pareilminemine
Related records 10159909

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6114, 37.87996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1954
Relative position SW END OF HIGHLAND RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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
01S 66E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED. WEST OF LYNDON GULCH. WEST OF LYNDON GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6114, 37.87996

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Highland Thrust Plate, Homoclinal Series

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65E
    Dip 88NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTH-SOUTH (?) QUARTZ VEIN NEAR BASE OF PIOCHE SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Comet Districtdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SHOWN ON TOPO- 100 FT DEEP PROSPECT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO, NEVADA: UNIV OF NEW MEXICO MS THESIS, P. 55.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN OCCURS NEAR THE BASE OF THE PIOCHE SHALE. IT IS POORLY EXPOSED, BUT DUMP ROCK CONTAINS MINOR CHALCOPYRITE AND HEMATITE WITH ABUNDANT MN OXIDE STAIN.

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.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.