The Yuba Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,519 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,519 Feet (1,987 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 37.92361, -114.44722
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Yuba Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yuba Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1422 & 1423
Secondary: Yuba Dike Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Consolidated Nevada-Utah Corp.
Years: 1913 -
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 veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES 1422 AND 1423 CONTAIN, RESPECTIVELY, 50 AND 200 PPM MN, 1000 AND 100 PPM AG, 200 AND 500 PPM AS, 200 AND 50 PPM B, 200 AND 50 PPM BA, 0 AND 500 PPM CD, 2000 AND 700 PPM CU, 7000 AND 10000 PPM PB, 0 AND 200 PPM SB, 2000 AND GREATER THAN 10000 PPM ZN, 200 PPM ZR.
Analytical Data: 90 OZ/T AG (1888 ORE)
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983. FIRST WORKED IN 1800'S, LATER REACTIVATED ABOUT 1914. THEN IDLED LATER IN 1914
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE A MAFIC DIKE NEAR THE YUBA DIKE OF QUARTZ PORPHYRY, CUTTING QUARTZITE. THE INTRUSIVE IS CHLORITIZED, WITH ABUNDANT SERICITE, DARK GREEN WITH A KNOBBY TEXTURE, PLATY; AREA HIGHLY BRECCIATED. ABUNDANT DENDRITIC PYROLUSITE IN VICINITY OF YUBA DIKE. MAFICS ALTERED, LEAVING HIGHLY ALTERED SERICITIC QUARTZ PORPHYRY, TRENDING GENERALLY WEST ALONG RANGE FRONT. ABUNDANT WHITE OPALINE SILICA COATS ROCKS. THE DIKE CARRIES OXIDIZED PYRITE VEINS. QUARTZ VEINS CARRY FRESH GALENA STRINGERS, DISSEMINATED PYRITE, (AURIFEROUS?) CHALCOPYRITE, CLOTS OF (ARGENTIFEROUS?) TETRAHEDRITE, STAINED WITH FINELY DISSEMINATED MALACHITE. ROCKS ARE ARGILLICALLY ALTERED WITH MINOR LIMONITE STAINS AND FINELY DISSEMINATED YELLOW OXIDES (SB OXIDES?). QUARTZITE IN VICINITY HAS CLOTS, PODS AND STRINGERS OF CRYSTALLINE GALENA (ARGENTIFEROUS?) AND BLACK SPHALERITE (MARMATITE) AND VERY FINELY DISSEMINATED PYRITE. EXPOSED FRACTURE AND BRECCIA SURFACES ARE COATED WITH HEMATITE AND YELLOW OXIDES. FRACTURES
Comment (Deposit): PROVIDED CONDUITS FOR SILICA DEPOSITION AND SULFIDES.
Comment (Workings): MANY SHAFTS, ADITS, SURFACE CUTS; RAISES, DRIFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH & BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG. 23, 1983.
Reference (Deposit): SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., P. 546; 548 1914 ENG. & MIN. JOUR. CLIPPING
Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.W., 1914, MIN. & SCI, PRESS., P. 484.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF 136
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 171
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1918 MINES HANDBOOK VOL XIII, P. 1122-1123
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
Reference (Production): SHAW, S.F., 1909, P. 547; COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943, P. 88.
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.
