The Mazeppa Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,329 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: 6,329 Feet (1,929 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.92528, -114.44861
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Mazeppa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mazeppa Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): ON TREASURE HILL
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS ALONG BOTH HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL OF YUBA DIKE AS WELL AS ALONG THE "MIDDLE VEIN", A SET OF FRACTURES PARALLELLING THE STRIKE OF AND WHOLLY WITHIN THE YUBA DIKE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.M., 1970, NBMG BULL 73.
Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.W., 1907, MIN. & SCI. PRESS
Reference (Deposit): SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR, VOL. 88, P. 545-548.
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.
