| Deposit ID | 10174138 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M032007 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320170017 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ely Valley Mine |
| Related records | 10037332 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.49304, 37.94826 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1966 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 001 N | 067 E | 17 | NESENW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Siderite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -114.49304, 37.94826 |
|---|
| Strike | N90E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 20N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 35M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 427M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 122M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 183M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1907 |
| Year of first production | 1926 |
| District name | Pioche District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ely Valley Mines Inc. |
| Interest | 99 |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1963 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320170017 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M032007 | MAS references MRDS |
COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL
PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE), NEV. BU MINES BULL. 38
GAGE, H.L. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA. IN: SOME FOREIGN
AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CON-
CENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUS-
TRY. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT)
1941, PP. 423-424
WESTGATE, L.G., AND KNOPE, A., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF
THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 171, P.57
TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DE-
POSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BU MINES BULL. 73,
TABLE 10, P. 130; PLATE 1.
YOUNG, E.B., THE PIOCHE DISTRICT (NEV.), IN SYMPOSIUM ON THE
GEOLOGY, PARAGENESIS, AND RESERVES OF THE ORES OF LEAD AND
ZINC, INTERNAT. GEOL. CONG., 18TH, LONDON, 1948 PP. 98-106
PARK, C.F. JR., ET AL, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE
PIOCHE HILLS, LINCOLN CO., NEV., USGS MINERAL INV. FIELD
STUDIES MAP MF-136
TRENGROVE, R.R., INVESTIGATION OF COMET COALITION PB-ZN
DEPOSIT LINCOLN CO., NEV., US BU MINES RPT. INVEST. 4541,
FIG. 1
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Ridenour, James | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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