The Cuba Mine is a lead mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Cuba Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cuba Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Granite (Steptoe)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Location): EST
Comment (Workings): THE FISSURE HAS BEEN OPENED BY A NUMBER OF SHORT TUNNELS AND OPEN CUTS FOR ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES THROUGH A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 500 FT.
Comment (Geology): CUBA FISSURE CUTS ACROSS THE LIMESTONE BEDDING. SCATTERED IRREGULAR BODIES OF GALENA ARE IN A GANGUE OF WHITE AND BROWN FE BEARING CALCITE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION GIVEN FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT, OF WHICH THE CUBA MINE IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER. PRODUCTION WAS LARGEST IN THE YEAR 1948.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M. 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 85
Reference (Production): HOSE, ET. AL., 1976
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.
