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Currency Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046402
MRDS ID M241556
Record type Site
Current site name Currency Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1420 In Approximate Vicinity of Mine
Related records 10295735

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.44973, 37.92357 (WGS84)
Elevation 2003
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioche(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 067E 27 NW OF NE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN THE MAZEPPA AND THE YUBA MINES ALONG THE YUBA DIKE ON TREASURE HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1420 CONTAINS 500 PPM AG, 500 PM AS, 1000 PPM BA, 100 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM PB, 1500 PPM SB, 100 PPM SN, 200 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.44973, 37.92357
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40-65 E
    Dip 90 TO STEEPLY NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Yuba Dike; Parallel Fractures; Faults & Shears; Breccia Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADITS, CUTS, TRENCHES, MOSTLY CAVED BY 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., VOL. 88, P. 547.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. & BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, AUG. 23, 1983

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MF-136.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS BOTH ON HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL OF YUBA DIKE AS WELL AS ALONG THE "MIDDLE VEIN", A SET OF FRACTURES PARALLELING THE STRIKE OF AND WHOLLY WITHIN THE DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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