The Commonwealth is a lead and zinc mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.34694, -119.78944
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Commonwealth MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Commonwealth
Secondary: Union
Secondary: Galena
Secondary: Washoe
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Galena 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Fault System
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): A.J. AND R.S. HATCH ORGANIZED DISTRICT IN 1860, MILL AND SMELTER ERECTED, BOTH FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY, INTEREST RENEWED 1906-07, ORE SHIPPED TO UTAH DURING 1924-26, AGAIN WORKED 1929-30, 14,624 TONS ORE SHIPPED 1943-45, SMALL LOTS ORE MINED THROUGH 1956, IDLE SINCE 1957. MINE NOW BEING USED AS A STUDENT MINE BY MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES. MINE LOCATED ON UNION PATENTED CLAIM (PATENT # 37,1874), OTHER CLAIMS: PROTECTOR, PROTECTOR NO. 2, WHY NOT, GALENA, FRANKLIN, FURNACE, FULTON, PLUS 10--ACRE MILLSITE (IN 1936) ALSO LAKEVIEW PATENT (M.S. 3551) OLD REPORTS ON FILE IN NBM&G FILES.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZED ZONE UNCONFORMABLY OVERLAIN BY KATE PEAK ANDESITE
References
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, T.D., MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 46, 1947
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., GEOL. AND MINERAL DEP., WASHOE, STOREY COUNTIES, NEV, NBM&G BULL 70, 1969.
Reference (Deposit): GEEHON, R.W., INVES. OF THE UNION LOAD-ZINC MINE, WASHOE CO, NEV, USBM RI 4623, 1950
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, G.A., & WHITE, D.E., REGIONAL GEOL, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA..., U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 458-A, 1964
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.
