The Lead Pipe Property is a lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,875 feet.
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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: 8,875 Feet (2,705 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 38.68528, -116.30694
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Lead Pipe Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead Pipe Property
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Morey District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: H. H. Cowan And Tony Notti
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE LEAD ORE REPORTED SHIPPED IN WWI
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): OWNED BY COWAN & NOTTI, LEAD ORE REPORTEDLY LAST SHIPPED DURING WWI
Comment (Workings): ADIT 100 FT OR MORE LONG; 2 OTHER SMALL ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., IN PRESS; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL.
Reference (Deposit): LENZER, 1972, UNIV WISCONSIN PHD. THESES.
Reference (Production): KRAL, V.E. (1950), P. 134.
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.
