The Muncy Creek Mine is a copper, lead, zinc, and silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.58083, -114.58389
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Muncy Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Muncy Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum (Muncy Creek, Silver Mountain Subdistrict)
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Muncy Creek Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -
Owner Name: K. B. A. Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. CONTENT 20% ZN, 30% PB WITH 8-10 OZ/T AG.
Materials
Ore: Lead
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): 17 CLAIMS, 5 PATENTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): CARS OF ORE SHIPPED 1926, 1933.
Comment (Deposit): FISSURES FILLED WITH CLAYEY MATERIAL (GOUGE ?), LIMONITE, AND LEAD AND ZINC CARBONATE. ZINC CARBONATE 2-5 FT WIDE OCCURS ON HANGING WALL SIDE OF MAIN FISSURE; PB ORE ON FOOTWALL SIDE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT; 25-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL, INCLINE RAISE, 20- AND 30- FT VERTICAL WINZES; ABOUT 100 FT OF DRIFTS AT TOP OF RAISE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL 85
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322, ITEM 1, ITEM 10
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 322, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1926, 1933,MINING RECORD.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H.,ED, 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1261-1262.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
