The Eastern Prince Shaft is a iron and manganese mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,876 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,876 Feet (1,791 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Manganese
Lat, Long: 37.90361, -114.46861
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Eastern Prince Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eastern Prince Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
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: Eastern Prince Gold And Silver Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): 8 CLAIMS BELIEVED TO HAVE EXTENSIONS OF THE ADJOINING PRINCE CONSOLIDATED LOW-GRADE FE-MN DEPOSITS CARRYING A LITTLE AG, PB, ZN AND AU.
Comment (Workings): 200-FT SHAFT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIII, P. 1124.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1189.
Reference (Deposit): ZALINSKI, F.R., 1913, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., VOL. 95, NO. 16, P. 809-812
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.
