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Montezuma Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Gold, Copper
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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. 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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042496
MRDS ID M060305
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma Mine
Alternate or previous names Montezuma Group, NBMG Sample 2833

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39348, 40.36045 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 5 MI. W OF OREANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arabia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 29N 32E 21 S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EAST FOOTHILLS OF TRINITY RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bindheimite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Jarosite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 40-50% PB & SB
Result 60-80 OZ/TON AG. SAMPLE 2833 CONTAINS 15 % FE, 0.15 % MG, 0.2 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 50 PPM AG, 3000 PPM AS, 2000 PPM B, -150 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 100 PPM CD, 150 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 5 PPM -NI, 15000 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 50 PPM -V, 1000 PPM ZN, 15 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39348, 40.36045
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending, Se Dipping Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W TO NE
    Dip 45N
    Thickness 4.27M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • BINDHEIMITE OCCURS AS EARTHLY TO PITCHY PODS THAT FILL THE ENTIRE VEIN, LEANER VEINS CONTAIN AMOUNTS OF MILKY QUARZ WITH THE BINDHEIMITE. THE ORE BEARING VEINS CUT ACROSS GRANODIORITE AND HORNFELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1860
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Arabia District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1868
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^40-50% Pb&Sn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Tin Tin 50wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 40wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • CUMMULATIVE PRODUCTION IS SUM OF GIVEN TYPICAL YEAR VALUES; AVERAGING 2 OZ TON/YEAR, VALUE AVERAGED $50.22/TON. VALUES FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES ARE SUMMARY FOR WHOLE ARABIA DISTRICT, OF WHICH MONTEZUMA MINE IS THE LARGEST.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.438HA
    Overall depth 36.58M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • A PIT 90 FT LONG, 20 FT WIDE, 20 FT WITH IN INCLINED SHAFT SUNK TO 120 FT DEEP. IN 1984, INCLINE WAS PARTIALLY INTACT, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE. REMAINING UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, ONCE EXTENSIVE, CAVED.- INCLINE WAS DUG FROM BOTTOM OF AN OPEN PIT OR GLORY HOLE.

Comments on development

  • IN 1865 A SMELTER WAS BUILT TO TREAT THE ORE FROM THE MINE. YIELDED $770000, BIGGEST IN THE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG-BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    DECKER, D.J, 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA. M.S. THESIS U N R

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, 1918, THE ANTIMONIAL SILVER-LEAD VEINS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 660

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6902, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 9-8-84.

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, 1936; JOHNSON, 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN ORE BODY IS 14 FT THICK BUT THINNED TO 6 FT AT PIT LEVEL. BINDHEIMITE OCCURS AS EARTHY TO PITCHY PODS THAT FILL THE ENTIRE EAST-TRENDING VEIN, LEANER VEINS CONTAIN AMOUNTS OF MILKY QUARTZ WITH THE BINDHEIMITE. THE ORE BEARING VEINS CUT ACROSS GRANODIORITE AND HORNFELS. VEIN IS GOSSANY WITH EXTENSIVE IRON-STAINED ALTERATION EXTENDING INTO THE ADJACENT META-SILTSTONE. THE VEIN SHAPE- IS POD-LIKE WITH RADIATING VEINLETS OF QUARTZ INTO GOUGE THAT- EXTEND ALONG ADJACENT FRACTURES.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Deposit IN 1865 A SMELTER WAS BUILT FOR TREAT THE ORE FROM THE MINE, THE MONTEZUMA MINE IS DEVELOPED ON THE EAST-TRENDING VEIN BY A PIT 90 FT. LONG, 20 FT. WIDE , AND 20 FEET DEEP WITH INCLINE SHAFT SUNK TO 120 FT. DEEP. THE MAIN ORE BODY IN THE PIT WAS 14 FT. THICK BUT THINNED TO 6 FT AT THE LEVEL OF THE PIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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