Susan Duster Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model 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. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103583
MRDS ID M032017
Record type Site
Current site name Susan Duster Mine
Related records 10270829

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.45251, 37.9219 (WGS84)
Elevation 1969
Relative position W OF TOWN OF PIOCHE

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
01N 67E 27 Nevada

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.45251, 37.9219

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS FROM OXIDIZED MANGANIFEROUS BEDDING REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN COMBINED METALS MEMBER & SUSAN DUSTER LIMESTONE BED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Pioche District District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ohio-Kentucky Mining Corp
    First year 1907

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^13 Oz Ag, 1% Pb, 2% Zn, 17% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 17wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 367g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT

Comments on development

  • SHAFT WAS REOPENED IN 1909

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    ENG AND MIN JOUR CLIPPING, OCT, 1909, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175.

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, J. W., 1907, MIN AND SCI PRESS, AUG 10, 1907

  • Production

    TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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