The Union Lead Mine is a lead mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,941 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: 4,941 Feet (1,506 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 39.3481, -119.78810
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Union Lead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Union Lead Mine
Secondary: Union Mine
Secondary: Union
Secondary: Commonwealth Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Comstock Lode
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
Owner Name: Imperial Operating Co.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1953
Owner Name: Union Lead Mining And Smelter Co.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1946
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Discovery Year: 1860
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
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: Calamine
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Chalcanthite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE SEDMENTARY ROCKS HAVE BEEN METAMORPHOSED TO HORNFELS FACIES. THE SEQUENCE NOW CONTAINS SLATE AND MARBLE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LEAD IS OF ORE GRADE IN BOTH OXIDIZED AND UNOXIDIZED ZONES, OCCURING AS CARBONATE (CERRUSITE) IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE, AND SULFIDE (GALENA) DEEPER DOWN. THE OXIDIZED ZONE EXTENDS DOWN TO 175 FT. LOCALLY.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, 1973, USGS
Reference (Deposit): 458-A, P. 46-47.
Reference (Deposit): STOREY COUNTIES, 1969, NEV. BUMINES BULL. 70, P. 61-64.
Reference (Deposit): STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO., NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER
Reference (Deposit): BULL. 1356, P. 91
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, G.A., AND WHITE, D.E., REGIONAL GEOLOGY OF THE
Reference (Deposit): SILVER ORES, 1951, USBUMINES RPT. INVEST. 4790 P. 16-17
Reference (Deposit): ENGEL, A.L., SIMPLE TREATMENT METHODS FOR SULFIDE GOLD AND
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND
Reference (Deposit): WASHOE COUNTIES, 1947, NEV. BUMINES BULL. 46
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, T.D., MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, AND
Reference (Deposit): WASHOE CO., NEV., 1950, USBU MINES RPT. INVEST. 4623
Reference (Deposit): GEEHAN, R.W., INVESTIGATION OF THE UNION LEAD-ZINC MINE,
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.
