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Mazeppa Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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 10046415
MRDS ID M241571
Record type Site
Current site name Mazeppa Mine
Related records 10173840

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.44945, 37.92524 (WGS84)
Elevation 1929
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position ADJACENT TO CHAPMAN MINE

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 22 SE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON TREASURE HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.44945, 37.92524
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 50S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Yubadike, And Parallel Fractures Within It

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, J.W., 1907, MIN. & SCI. PRESS

  • Deposit

    SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR, VOL. 88, P. 545-548.

General comments

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

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