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Indiana 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. 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 10098682
MRDS ID M242508
Record type Site
Current site name Indiana Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.37947, 37.6669 (WGS84)

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)

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 003S 059E 29 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • "ON PETER'S MOUNTAIN" (1867 DESCRIPTION), ADJOINING THE ILLINOIS, IN SILVER CANYON ; 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
Lead Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Width 19.81M

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 W. H. Raymond And Co. Of N. Y. ; Hyko Co.
    First year 1869

Comments on the workings information

  • 125-FT TUNNEL (1867) AT A DEPTH OF 120 FT BELOW THE OUTCROPPINGS; A SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWNE, J.R., 1868, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 1867: USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 339-340.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOWS A PAY STREAK OF 6 FT IN A VEIN OF 10 FT BETWEEN THE WALLS. PART OF THE MAIN HIKO LODE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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