The California-Pioche Shaft is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,430 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,430 Feet (1,960 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.92111, -114.45556
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California-Pioche Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California-Pioche Shaft
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1425
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Antimony
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1425 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20% CA, 1500 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 150 PPM BA, 50 PPM CU, 10000 PPM PB, 300 PPM SB, 300 PPM SR, 100 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Mica
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE ALONG FAULTED(?) CONTACT BETWEEN CAMBRIAN PIOCHE SHALE AND LYNDON LIMESTONE. LIMESTONE CUT BY ABUNDANT CALCITE STRINGERS, PODS, GRAINS. FRESH PYRITE INTERSPERSED IN LIMESTONE ON DUMP
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983
Comment (Workings): SINGLE COVERED SHAFT, FOUNDATION, HEAD FRAME, MORE ROADS AND SURFACE-SCRAPING THAN SHOWN ON MAP
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT 8/22/83.
Reference (Deposit): USGS P.P. 171
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF-136.
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.
