Ely Valley Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174138
MRDS ID M032007
MAS/MILS ID 0320170017
Record type Site
Current site name Ely Valley Mine
Related records 10037332

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.49304, 37.94826 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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
Mount Diablo 001 N 067 E 17 NESENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.49304, 37.94826

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 20N
    Thickness 35M
    Length 427M
    Width 122M
    Depth to top 183M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N90E:20N
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS FOUND IN INTERCALATED LIMESTONE BEDS OF THE PIOCHE SHALE. THE SPECIFIC BEDS ARE: COMBINED METALS MEMBER, SUSAN DUSTER BED, AND 20 FT. BED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1926

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ely Valley Mines Inc.
    Interest 99
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1963

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MOST ORE COMES FROM THE COMBINED METALS LIMESTONE MEMBER OF THE PIOCHE SHALE ALTHOUGH THE SUSAN DUSTER LIMESTONE BED HAS SOME MASSIVE SULFIDES ALSO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL

  • Production

    PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE), NEV. BU MINES BULL. 38

  • Deposit

    GAGE, H.L. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA. IN: SOME FOREIGN

  • Deposit

    AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CON-

  • Deposit

    CENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUS-

  • Deposit

    TRY. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT)

  • Deposit

    1941, PP. 423-424

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G., AND KNOPE, A., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 171, P.57

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DE-

  • Deposit

    POSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BU MINES BULL. 73,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 10, P. 130; PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, E.B., THE PIOCHE DISTRICT (NEV.), IN SYMPOSIUM ON THE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY, PARAGENESIS, AND RESERVES OF THE ORES OF LEAD AND

  • Deposit

    ZINC, INTERNAT. GEOL. CONG., 18TH, LONDON, 1948 PP. 98-106

  • Deposit

    PARK, C.F. JR., ET AL, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE

  • Deposit

    PIOCHE HILLS, LINCOLN CO., NEV., USGS MINERAL INV. FIELD

  • Deposit

    STUDIES MAP MF-136

  • Deposit

    TRENGROVE, R.R., INVESTIGATION OF COMET COALITION PB-ZN

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT LINCOLN CO., NEV., US BU MINES RPT. INVEST. 4541,

  • Deposit

    FIG. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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