The Currency Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,572 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,572 Feet (2,003 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.92361, -114.44889
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Currency Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Currency Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1420 In Approximate Vicinity of Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
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: SAMPLE 1420 CONTAINS 500 PPM AG, 500 PM AS, 1000 PPM BA, 100 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM PB, 1500 PPM SB, 100 PPM SN, 200 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS BOTH ON HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL OF YUBA DIKE AS WELL AS ALONG THE "MIDDLE VEIN", A SET OF FRACTURES PARALLELING THE STRIKE OF AND WHOLLY WITHIN THE DIKE
Comment (Location): BETWEEN THE MAZEPPA AND THE YUBA MINES ALONG THE YUBA DIKE ON TREASURE HILL
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADITS, CUTS, TRENCHES, MOSTLY CAVED BY 1983
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF-136.
Reference (Deposit): SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., VOL. 88, P. 547.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. & BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, AUG. 23, 1983
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.
