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List Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047241
MRDS ID M242510
Record type Site
Current site name List Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.39169, 37.62302 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(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 004S 039E 05,06,07,08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • "A REMOTE CLAIM TO THE SOUTH" OF THE MAIN PAHRANAGAT DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.39169, 37.62302
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE-SW
    Dip 75 SE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Alameda Co. Of N. Y.
    First year 1867

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TONS OF ORE WERE TAKEN TO AUSTIN FOR REDUCTION (ABOUT 1867) AND PRODUCED $100/TON, AND A NUMBER OF TONS WERE WORKED AT THE CRESCENT MILL NEAR THE VEIN, YIELDING $80/TON

Comments on the workings information

  • 23 FT INCLINE, 50 FT SHAFT FROM THE BOTTOM OF WHICH A TUNNEL WAS RUN (1867)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWNE, J.R., 1868, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 1869, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 339-340

  • Deposit

    BROWNE, J.R. & TAYLOR, J.W., 1867, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 1866; USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1869, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1868, P. 112-115

  • Production

    BROWNE, 1867; RAYMOND, 1872.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS 5 TO 10 FT WIDE WITH 2 STRATA OF ORE 6 AND 18 INCHES WIDE, RESPECTIVELY. PAY ORE EXTENDED ONLY ABOUT 40 FT BELOW OUTCROPS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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