The California-Pioche Shaft is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,430 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,430 Feet (1,960 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.9211, -114.45560
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California-Pioche Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California-Pioche Shaft
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1425
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 171, 1932, 79 P.
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.
