The Centennial Shaft is a lead, silver, manganese, and zinc mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,830 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: 5,830 Feet (1,777 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Manganese, Zinc
Lat, Long: 37.89972, -114.46806
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Centennial Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Centennial Shaft
Secondary: Centennial-Pioche Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Development): UNKNOWN IF PRINCE LODE EXTENSION WAS FOUND.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT SUNK TO 340 FT (IN 1910), INTENDING TO GO TO 800 TO INTERCEPT BEDDED VEINS OF PRINCE CONSOLIDATED
References
Reference (Deposit): ENG. & MIN. JOUR CLIPPINGS, 1910, NBMG FILE 175
Reference (Deposit): 7 1/2' TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, USGS, PIOCHE, 1953.
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.
