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Chimney Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047234
MRDS ID M242502
Record type Site
Current site name Chimney Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.38253, 37.66079 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Irish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 059E 29,32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN MAIN PAHRANAGAT DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.38253, 37.66079
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 70 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Trending Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pahranagat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hyko Co.
    First year 1869

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1870, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1869, P. 194-201.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.M., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 152-155

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-85 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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