The Arcane Mining Co. Property is a gold, lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.92306, -114.45333
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Arcane Mining Co. Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arcane Mining Co. Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche 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
Owner Name: Arcane Mining Co., Pioche, Nv.,
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE FROM ADJACENT PROPERTY ON SAME LODE ASSAYED 7% PB, 20% ZN, 20 OZ/T AG, $2.50 IN AU (1922.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): IDLE IN 1922. COMPANY HAD PLANNED TO SINK A VERTICAL DOUBLE-COMPARTMENT SHAFT TO THE 650 FT LEVEL AT WHICH DEPTH IT HOPED TO CUT THE SUSAN DUSTER LODE, 200 FT AWAY FROM THE ARCANE-O.K. LINE. O.K. CO. FOLLOWEDTHE LODE TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
Comment (Deposit): SUSAN DUSTER LODE
Comment (Workings): 1200 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORK.
Comment (Location): 5 CLAIMS ADJOINING OHIO-KENTUCKY AND AMALGAMATED PIOCHE (SUSAN DUSTER) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1133; VOL. XIII P. 1120
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.
