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Davidson Shaft

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Manganese, Gold, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046403
MRDS ID M241557
Record type Site
Current site name Davidson Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4714, 37.89996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1771

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 33 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST EAST OF VIRGINIA LOUISE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Highland Peak
    Rock description Highland Peak
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4714, 37.89996
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Lithologies, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, PL.4.

  • Deposit

    ENG. & MIN. JOUR. CLIPPINGS, 1912, 1920; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 171, P. 60-67

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DAVIDSON ORE BODY WAS MINED FOR A TIME BY THE VIRGINIA-LOUISE MINING CO.

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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