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Raymond & Ely Extension

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046532
MRDS ID M241707
Record type Site
Current site name Raymond & Ely Extension
Alternate or previous names Meadow Valley Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.44112, 37.93052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804

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)

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
Mount Diablo 001N 067E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

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 Combined Metals Member Of Pioche Shale
    Rock description Combined Metals Member Of Pioche Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.44112, 37.93052
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • A ZONE OF MASSIVE BLACK ZN-PB-FE SULFIDE ORE, SEVERAL FT WIDE, WAS ENCOUNTERED ALONG QUARTZITE FOOTWALL. ORE WAS NAMED "BLACK LEAD" AND WAS NOT OF VALUE TO EARLY MINERS. ORE WAS LOCATED BELOW 1,200 FT LEVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • MEADOW VALLEY NO. 3 SHAFT SUNK 1374 FT INCLINED, BEFORE WATER LEVEL WAS REACHED AND STOPPED AT 1375 FT

Comments on development

  • YUBA LEASING CO. ACTIVE ON THE PROPERTY IN 1914, FOUND GOOD ORE SHOOT ON 900 LEVEL. IN 1868, F.L.A. PIOCHE DEPUTED CHARLES E. HOFFMAN TO PURCHASE CLAIMS. HE SECURED SOME OF THE BEST CLAIMS WHICH PIOCHE LATER CONVEYED TO THE MEADOW VALLEY MINING CO. WHICH HE ORGANIZED FOR THAT PURPOSE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ, C.M., & PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, PG. 131.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R.M., 1911, THE PIOCHE DIST., MINES & MINERALS, V. 32, P. 164-165

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, J.W., 1914, MIN. & SCI PRESS, P. 483-486.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO COMMERCIAL ORE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED. THE MAIN SHOOT WAS COVERED BY 100 FT OF SHALE AND THE ONLY SURFACE EXPOSURE WAS THIN SEAMS IN SHALE CONSIDERABLE LOW-GRADE (1909) ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED BELOW WATER LEVEL WITH GRADE INCREASING WITH DEPTH.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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