Lewis Canyon Mines

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Barium-Barite
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044691
MRDS ID M232254
Record type Site
Current site name Lewis Canyon Mines
Alternate or previous names Isacs and Cynthia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.57314, 40.18158 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cortez(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 048E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.57314, 40.18158

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Cortez District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS, SHAFTS AND STOPES

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE FIRST DISCOVERIES IN THE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEWUCCA) MILS NO. 35, REFERENCE NO. 3201100069

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO COS, USGS BULL 408

  • Production

    EMMONS, W.H., (1910)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEINS BEARING LEAD-SILVER MINERALS
Deposit THE ISAACS MINE A AG-BEARING VEIN STRIKES NORTH, DIPS 80 DEG E AND IS OPENED IN SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS. AT THE CYNTHIA MINE A VEIN UP TO 4 FEET WIDE STRIKES SOUTH AND DIPS 68 DEG E, IT IS OPENED BY TUNNELS, SHAFTS, & STOPES. THE VEIN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DISCOVERIES IN THE DISTRICT. (EMMONS) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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