Combined Metals Reduction No. 2

The Combined Metals Reduction No. 2 is a zinc mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Combined Metals Reduction No. 2  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc

Lat, Long: 37.9192, -114.48190

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Combined Metals Reduction No. 2 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Combined Metals Reduction No. 2
Secondary: Raymond and Ely
Secondary: Caselton Mine
Secondary: Caselton


Commodity

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


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Type: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Kerr-Mc Gee Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oklahoma City, Ok
Info Year: 1979


Production

Year: 1958
Time Period: 1924-1958
Description: Sulfide Ores For Zn Pb Ag Au Recovery 2398000 Mt Prod. 1924 Thru 1958
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1951-1955
Description: Oxidized Ores For Mn Recovery 58000 Mt Prod. From 1951-1955
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1951-1954
Description: Sulfide Ores For Zn Pb Ag Au Recovery 136000 Mt Prod. 1951 Thru 1954


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant Subtype: Flotation
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1864
Discovery Year: 1864
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


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: Sphalerite
Unknown: Siderite
Unknown: Galena


Comments

Comment (Ownership): CASELTON MILL OWNED BY COMBINED METALS REDUCTION.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX NO.1- PRIMARY ORE REPLACEMENT OCCURRING IN COMBINED METALS LIMESTONE MEMBER OF PLIOCHE SHALE FORMATION MATRIX NO.2-OXIDIZED ORE OCCURRING IN THE COMBINED METALS LIMESTONE MEMBER OF THE PLIOCHE SHALE FORMATION. THE ORE IS A RESULT OF OXIDATION OF MATRIX1 TYPE ORE MATRIX 3-OXIDIZED ORE WITH IRON CONTENT OF PLUS 30 PERCENT, OCCURRING IN LIMESTONE YOUNGER (ABOVE) THE COMBINED METALS LIMESTONE. MATRIX 4-OXIDIZED ORE, WITH LOW IRON CONTENT, OCCURRING IN LIMESTONE YOUNGER THAN THE COMBINED METALS LIMESTONE

Comment (Deposit): THE CASELTON MILL IS OWNED BY THE COMBINE METALS REDUCTION CO., AND IS LEASED TO THE BUNKER HILL CO.. UNDERGROUND RAIL TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE MINE OPERATING COSTS. 1985 UPDATE. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTIVITY AT THE MINE IN THE RECENT PAST. THE MINE HAS NOT PRODUCED SINCE 1958. GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 1 KM S OF PIOCHE GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION. HOWEVER, SULFIDE ORE LARGELY EXHAUSTED; LARGE QUANTITIES OF OXIDE ORE REMAIN.


References

Reference (Deposit): MF-136, 1958.

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L. P., AND L. H. KNIGHT. STRATABOUND

Reference (Deposit): TRENGOVE, R. R. INVESTIGATION OF COMET COALITION

Reference (Deposit): RMAG, 1979, PP. 389-

Reference (Deposit): OCT. 7-11, 1979), ED. BY G. W. NEWMAN AND H. D. GOODE.

Reference (Deposit): SYMPOSIUM AND GREAT BASIN FIELD CONFERENCE (LAS VEGAS, NV,

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGISTS/UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION BASIN AND RANGE

Reference (Deposit): PROCEEDINGS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF

Reference (Deposit): UNUSUAL "MISSISSIPPI VALLEY" DEPOSITS. PAPER IN

Reference (Deposit): LEAD-ZINC-SILVER ORES OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA -

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES IC 7586, 1950, 24 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CASELTON MINE, COMBINED METALS REDUCTION COMPANY, PIOCHE,

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. H., JR. MINING AND MILLING METHODS AT THE

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C. M., AND E. H. PAMPEYAN. GEOLOGY AND

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS. BUMINES RI 5446, 1959, 40 PP.

Reference (Deposit): TRENGOVE, R. R. RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE

Reference (Deposit): RI 4541, 1949, 6 PP.

Reference (Deposit): LEAD-ZINC DEPOSIT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE PIOCHE HILLS, LINCOLN

Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F., JR., GEMMILL, PAUL, AND TSCHANZ, C.M.

Reference (Deposit): PROF. PAPER 171, 1932, 75 PP.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L. G., AND A. KNOPF. GEOLOGY AND ORE

Reference (Deposit): AND GEOL. BULL. 73, 1970, TABLE 10, P. 130.


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