The Lewis Canyon Mines is a silver and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
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Lewis Canyon Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lewis Canyon Mines
Secondary: Isacs and Cynthia
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Cortez District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): ONE OF THE FIRST DISCOVERIES IN THE DISTRICT
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEINS BEARING LEAD-SILVER MINERALS
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, SHAFTS AND STOPES
Comment (Deposit): THE ISAACS MINE A AG-BEARING VEIN STRIKES NORTH, DIPS 80 DEG E AND IS OPENED IN SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS. AT THE CYNTHIA MINE A VEIN UP TO 4 FEET WIDE STRIKES SOUTH AND DIPS 68 DEG E, IT IS OPENED BY TUNNELS, SHAFTS, & STOPES. THE VEIN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DISCOVERIES IN THE DISTRICT. (EMMONS) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEWUCCA) MILS NO. 35, REFERENCE NO. 3201100069
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO COS, USGS BULL 408
Reference (Production): EMMONS, W.H., (1910)
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.
