The Andrews and Steever is a manganese mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 37.9125, -114.44056
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Andrews and Steever MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Andrews and Steever
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District District
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
Year: 1952
Time Period: 1952
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20-25% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Block
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE
Comment (Location): UTM'S APPROXIMATED-IN GENERAL VICINITY
Comment (Production): PAYMENT F.O.B. PIOCHE WAS $1/UNIT. ONE CAR EXCEEDED .7% ZN AND WAS REJECTED
Comment (Geology): OXIDIZED MN ORE IN FAULT BLOCK
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970
Reference (Deposit): HILL,J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89
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.
