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Salt Lake-Pioche Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Iron, Antimony, Arsenic, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104095
MRDS ID M241708
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Lake-Pioche Mine
Alternate or previous names Free Brothers Lease, Victor, Victor Ext., Apex, Financier, Michigan, Senator,, Apex Fraction Contact No. 1-18, Bumagain No. 1-15,, Berlin Fraction Claims, NBMG Smaple Site 1427
Related records 10246455

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.43973, 37.92496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Claim Covers 4 Sections Exact Location Unknown

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)

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 001N 067E 26,23,24,25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS STRADDLE OLD & NEW HWY 93, FOUR SHAFTS ARE 200 YDS NORTH OF HWY 93, AND CONECT TO IT BY GOOD DIRT ROAD. 42 CLAIMS TOTAL, OF WHICH 6 ARE PATENTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bromyrite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Psilomelane Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1427 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM BA, 500 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM PB, 2000 PPM SB, 500 PPM SN, 200 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mnt. Quartzite;Pioche Shale (On Dump)
    Rock description Prospect Mnt. Quartzite;Pioche Shale (On Dump)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.43973, 37.92496
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N70E-N80E
    Dip 30-45S TO 70S
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults & Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Index-Daley Mines Co., Donald B. Potts
    Home office Box 629, Tonapah, Nv
  • Type Owner
    Owner Salt-Lake-Pioche Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1938-1951
    Material ORE PB AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 0.08oz/Ton Au, 57.4 Oz/-Tag, 21.5%Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 22wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 1815g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 2g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL ESTIMATED PRODUCTION ABOUT $500,000 WORTH.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS WITH EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND DEVELOPEMENT. BUILDINGS, SURFACE CUTS, HEAD FRAMES, CORE SHACKS, MORE ROADS THAN SHOWN ON MAP. WORKINGS COLLARED IN ALLUIUM. BUMAGAIN (OR RUMGAIN) SHAFT; APEX SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • 3 APPARENT STAGES OF ACTIVITY: 1880'S, WHEN MOST OF DISTRICT PRODUCTION OCCURRED; 1960'S-1970'S WITH SOME EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION; ANDMORE RECENTLY,(1980'S) DRILLING AND SURFACE EXPLORATION. SOME DUMPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND MILLED. MANAGEMENT REPORTED IN 1944, 1000 TONS OF SHIPPING ORE AND 25000 TONS MILL GRADE ORE. WORKED BY FREE BROS. OF PIOCHE ON LEASE. GULF LEASED CLAIMS IN 1976 AND ENLARGED THE CLAIM GROUP ANDDRILLED IT. L. HOLLINGSHEAD DROVE 500-FT DRIFT IN 1968-71 TO JOIN NOS . 2 AND 4 SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATIO

  • Production

    TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, P. 132.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit FAULT ZONE/VEIN WITH ASSOCIATED VEINS AND STRINGERS STRIKING N4-70W, DIPPING 45E. ORE REMOVED FROM THESE VEINS IS GENERALLY SILICEOUS AG-PB WITH THE PB OCCURING AS CARBONATE. THE REMAINING DUMPS CONSIST MAINLY OF MASSIVE WHITE TO ROSE-COLORED QUARTZITE BRECCIA STAINED WITH FE-MNOXIDES AND COATED WITH CRYSTALLINE JAROSITE. CLOTS OF MANGANDSIDERITE/ PSILOMELANE PARTIALLY CEMENT THE BRECCIA. YELLOW SB? OXIDES AND AN UNKNOWN GREEN MINERAL (ANGLESITE?) OCCUR WITH THE ORE. LOCALLY THE BRECCIA AND FAULT GOUGE ARE SILICIFIED.
Deposit THE WORKING WERE NOT ACCESSABLE, SO MOST OF THE INFORMATION IS HEAR-SAY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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