The Meadow Valley No. 3 Shaft is a silver and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 37.92556, -114.45222
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Meadow Valley No. 3 Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Meadow Valley No. 3 Shaft
Secondary: Yuba Lease 1914
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
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
Type: Underground
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR ALL SHAFTS OF MEADOW VALLEY MINING CO.
Comment (Development): IN 1926, THE NO. 3 SHAFT ON THE RAYMOND AND ELY VEIN WAS RETIMBERED FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXAMINING THE DEEPER WORKINGS ON THE BURKE AND MEADOW VALLEY BRANCHES OF THE VEIN. ACTIVE IN 1870'S; WATER WAS ENCOUNTERED AT 1314 FT IN 1876
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED ORE DECREASED INGRADE EASTWARD AND DOWNWARD
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, G.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 131.
Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.W., 1907, MIN. & SCI. PRESS
Reference (Deposit): SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN, JOUR. VOL. 88.
Reference (Production): 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.
