Pioche Metals Mine

The Pioche Metals Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pioche Metals Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1434 Northern Most Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese

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: John A. Kirby And Assocs.
Years: 1909 -

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

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Prominent Fault Exposed In A Shaft At Northern End Of Workings, Trending N60w, Dip Ne

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Hydrothermal Alteration In Vicinity Of Fault

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1434 CONTAINS 5000 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 50 PPM BA, 300 PPM CD, 2000 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM PB, 150 PPM SB, 100 PPM SR, 100 PPM W, GREATER THAN 10000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): SERIES OF SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): REPORTED TO BE HOISTING GOOD ORE IN 1909

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS FOLLOW NNE-TRENDING FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN CAMB. LYNDON LIMESTONE AND UNDIFFERENITATED CAMBRAN DOLOMITE, DUMPS CONSIST OF SILICIFIED CARBONATE BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH CALCITE, SIDERITE, AND HEMATITE-STAINED SILICA.SULFIDES OCCURING IN BRECCIA ARE OXIDIZED WITH A FEW FRESH GRAINS, AND CONSIST OF FINE-GRAINED PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE (?), WHICH HAVE ALTERED TO FE OXIDES, MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, LIMONITE, AND POSSIBLY SOME MINOR SMITHSONITE. LATE-STAGE SILICA COATS SURFACES AND DRUSY QUARTZ FILLS VUGS AND COATS FRACTURE SURFACES. FAULT IN SHAFT AT N END OF WORKINGS WHERE A SILICEOUS, IRON OXIDE-STAINED RIB OUTCROPS, WITHSILICEOUDS, RIB PARALLEL TO MAIN RIB. ROCKS IN VICINITY OF FAULT ZONE ARE HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED AND HAVE COOKED APPEARANCE. ABUNDANT GOSSAN OCCURS NEAR, AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAULT.

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG.25,1983

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF-136

Reference (Deposit): ENG. & MIN. JOUR CLIPPINGS, 1909, 1910

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.