The Virginia Louise is a zinc mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,840 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 37.9011, -114.47310
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Virginia Louise MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virginia Louise
Secondary: Prince Mine
Secondary: Davidson See Comments
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Prince Consolidated Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1983
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1869
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: Hematite
Unknown: Braunite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Hemimorphite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION. HOWEVER, MUCH OXIDE ORE REPORTED AS REMAINING, NO ESTIMATE AVAILABLE.
Comment (Production): TOTAL HISTORICAL MINE PRODUCTION: 1112000 T ORE AT A GRADE OF 102.8 G/T AG, 1.03 G/T AU, 3% PB, 4% ZN AND 12% MN.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRICES ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR; REPRESENT THE TONNAGES AVAILABLE IN THE VARIOUS ORE TYPES; CLASSIFIED BY GIMMEL. THE IRON CONTENT IS ESTIMATED IN MATRICES ONE, TWO, AND FOUR. A CALCIUM ANALYSIS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR MATRICES ONE AND TWO. MATRIX ONE REPRESENTS THE TYPE, TONNAGE, AND G OF ORE PROPOSED FOR MINING OPERATIONS. 1985 UPDATE. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTIVITY AT THE MINE IN THE RECENT PAST. THE MINE HAS NOT PRODUCED SINCE 1949. GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 4 KM SW OF PIOCHE GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM NO MILL
References
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): JAMES, L. P., AND L. H. KNIGHT. STRATABOUND
Reference (Deposit): AND GEOL. BULL. 73, 1970, TABLE 10, P. 130; PLATE 1.
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): 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): (GRATON-SALES) ED., AIME, 1968, PP. 1128-1147.
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): SCALE 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): TRENGOVE, R. R. INVESTIGATION OF COMET COALITION
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MAP 78, 1983,
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B. LEAD DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN
Reference (Deposit): RMAG, 1979, PP. 389-396.
Reference (Deposit): UNITED STATES, 1933- 1967, ED. BY J. D. RIDGE. V. II, 1ST
Reference (Deposit): PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. CH. 54 IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE
Reference (Deposit): PROF. PAPER 171, 1932, 75 PP.
Reference (Deposit): GEMMILL, P. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L. G., AND A. KNOPF. GEOLOGY AND ORE
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.
