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Virginia-Louise Mine

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046533
MRDS ID M241710
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia-Louise Mine
Related records 10222542

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.47278, 37.89996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1777

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 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS PRINCE MINE ON THE SOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • A LARGE AMOUNT OF ORE REMAINS UNMINED BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER IN DEMAND AS A SMELTER FLUX.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Calamine Ore
Galena Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrolusite Unknown

Analytical data

Result 3% PB, 3 OZ/T AG, 30% EXCESS FE, MN AND CAO,

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Highland Peak Limestone;Chisholm Shale And Pioche Shale Are Nearby
    Rock description Highland Peak Limestone;Chisholm Shale And Pioche Shale Are Nearby
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.47278, 37.89996
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 457.2M
    Width 152.4M

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
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1978

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Prince Consolidated Mining Co.
    First year 1932

Production statistics

  • Year 1925
    Period 1918-1925
    Material ORE PB-AG-ZN-MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 10% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 10wt-pct
  • Year 1927
    Period 1915-1927,1952-1957
    Material ORE MN-PB-AG
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Some Up To 10-25% Pb, 35 Oz/T Ag, $2.50/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 988g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 18wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE LUMPED TOGETHER WITH THOSE OF THE ADJACENT PRINCE MINE. RESERVES (1922) 1,318,750 TONS POSSIBLE ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2407.92M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT DRIVEN FROM 321-FT LEVEL OF THE VERTICAL SHAFT SE 100 FT WHERE A CROSS-CUT WAS DRIVEN 40 FT W AND 120 FT E. MAIN DRIFT WAS THEN EXTENDED ANOTHER 50 FT AND A SECOND CROSSCUT RUN TO THE LIMESTONE ON THE EAST (1974) WORKINGS CONNECTED TO THOSE OF THE PRINCE AT 250 FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED CLAIM, 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS OVER 50 ACRES. VIRGINIA-LOUISE MINING CO. WAS FORMED IN 1912 AND SUNK A SHAFT THAT YEAR TO REACH EXTENSION OF PRINCE ORE BEDS. ORE WAS BLOCKED OUT BY END OF 1913 BUT WWI CLOSED THE MARKET FOR LOW-GRADE FLUXING ORE AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL SEPT 1918 THAT SHIPMENTS BEGAN. THERE WAS LITIGATION BETWEEN VIRGINIA LOUISE AND PRINCE CONSOLIDATED IN 1917 AND 1918 WHICH ENDED WITH A COMPROMISE WHEREBY VIRGINIA LOUISE COULD SHIP ORE OVER PRINCE CONS.' RAILROAD IN RETURN FOR RELEASE FROM A TRESPASS JUDGMENT. ORE SHIPPED IN 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDSEY, J., 1912, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, ITEM 5.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.M., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 128-129

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 171 P. 60-67.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1918, MINES HANDBOOK VOL. XIII, P. 1128; 1922, VOL. XV, P. 1368-1369.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, J.C., 1922, ENG. & MIN. JOUR, VOL. 113.

  • Production

    TSCHANZ, & PAMPEYAN, 1970, P. 130; COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943, P. 88.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOT WAS FIRST CUT IN THE SHAFT AT 150 FT DIPPING 17 SE. ABOVE THE MAIN BED IN THE SHAFT, ANOTHER BED OF ORE 20 FT THICK WAS FOUND. SHAFT WAS CONTINUED AND AT THE 381 FT LEVEL ANOTHER ORE BODY WAS FOUND 18 FT THICK. ANOTHER 1.5 FT OF RICH AG ORE WAS FOUND 45 FT BELOW THIS. HIGH-GRADE PB-AG ORE WAS MINED FROM TWO QUARTZ VEINS AND AN IRREGULAR SILICEOUS REPLACEMENT BODY IN THE VIRGINIA-LOUISE WORKINGS. 5 ORE BODIES IN ALL, 5-80 FT THICK
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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