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Cave Valley Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Vanadium, Clay, Arsenic
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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. Alteration
  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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045919
MRDS ID M233813
Record type Site
Current site name Cave Valley Mine
Alternate or previous names Great Western Claims, NBMG Sample Sites 815, 816, 817, 818a, 818b, Subterranean Group of 6 Claims, Original Cave Group of 5 Claims,, Big Fissure Group of 6 Claims, Hidden Fissure Group of 2 Claims.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.79613, 38.64356 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES SOUTH OF ELY AND 45 MILES NORTH OF PIOCHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parker Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(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
009N 064E 9;16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON HILL ON EAST SIDE OF CAVE VALLEY, NORTH OF COTTONWOOD CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Clay Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation , Silicificationte

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale;Pole Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Pioche Shale;Pole Canyon Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.79613, 38.64356
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NNW
    Dip 80 WSW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 36.58M
  • General form LENSE
    Dip 80 WSW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTH-STRIKING VEINS, SOME BRXIATED. REPLACEMENT ALONG SHEARS IN LS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921
Discoverer J.C. Clark And J.C. Riordan
Year of first production 1922

Mining district

District name Patterson; Cave Valley; Patterson Pass

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hendrix, Will And Eva
    Last year 1969

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS AND SHAFTS ( 20FT DEEP), 2 NW STRIKING ADITS TO E ONE DEEP SHAFT 10W. MORE WORKINGS THAN SHOWN ON MAP IN E PT OF DISTRICT.

Comments on development

  • SOME PREVIOUS WORK MAY HAVE BEEN DONE PRIOR TO 1920 . 10 TONS SHIPPED PRE-193

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1976, GEOL & MIN RES. OF WP CO, NBMG BULL 85

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, NBMG BULL 73

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK BY BENTZ/SMITH 6/13/81, NBMG

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 71.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1930, MARCH 30, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., 1931, NBMG BULL 10, P. 10-13.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 N-TRENDING FISSURES PRESENT IN MINE AREA. A 1-5 FTVEIN ANDSMALL BEDDED REPLACEMENTS IN OR NEAR THE LOWER LIMESTONE IN THE PIOCHE SHALE CONTAIN PB,AG, AND CU MINERALS. URANIUM MINERALS WERE REPORTED IN 1930 AT THIS MINE, BUT SCHRADER (1931) FOUND NONE. HOWEVER, PSITTACINITE (A YELLOW PB-ZN VANADATE) WAS FOUND, AND MAY HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN FOR CARNOTITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Molinari, Mark P. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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