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Lead Pipe Property

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045785
MRDS ID M233613
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Pipe Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.30784, 38.68522 (WGS84)
Elevation 2705
Relative position 0.5 MILE N30W FROM N. SIXMILE CANYON SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 050E 35 E2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE LEAD ORE REPORTED SHIPPED IN WWI

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.30784, 38.68522
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 10NW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Morey District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. H. Cowan And Tony Notti
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 100 FT OR MORE LONG; 2 OTHER SMALL ADITS

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY COWAN & NOTTI, LEAD ORE REPORTEDLY LAST SHIPPED DURING WWI

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., IN PRESS; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL.

  • Deposit

    LENZER, 1972, UNIV WISCONSIN PHD. THESES.

  • Production

    KRAL, V.E. (1950), P. 134.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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