Centennial Shaft

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

Name: Centennial Shaft  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.