Yuba Mine

The Yuba Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,519 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

Name: Yuba Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 6,519 Feet (1,987 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 37.92361, -114.44722

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Yuba Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Yuba Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1422 & 1423
Secondary: Yuba Dike Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony


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

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Consolidated Nevada-Utah Corp.
Years: 1913 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization


Rocks

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES 1422 AND 1423 CONTAIN, RESPECTIVELY, 50 AND 200 PPM MN, 1000 AND 100 PPM AG, 200 AND 500 PPM AS, 200 AND 50 PPM B, 200 AND 50 PPM BA, 0 AND 500 PPM CD, 2000 AND 700 PPM CU, 7000 AND 10000 PPM PB, 0 AND 200 PPM SB, 2000 AND GREATER THAN 10000 PPM ZN, 200 PPM ZR.
Analytical Data: 90 OZ/T AG (1888 ORE)


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983. FIRST WORKED IN 1800'S, LATER REACTIVATED ABOUT 1914. THEN IDLED LATER IN 1914

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE A MAFIC DIKE NEAR THE YUBA DIKE OF QUARTZ PORPHYRY, CUTTING QUARTZITE. THE INTRUSIVE IS CHLORITIZED, WITH ABUNDANT SERICITE, DARK GREEN WITH A KNOBBY TEXTURE, PLATY; AREA HIGHLY BRECCIATED. ABUNDANT DENDRITIC PYROLUSITE IN VICINITY OF YUBA DIKE. MAFICS ALTERED, LEAVING HIGHLY ALTERED SERICITIC QUARTZ PORPHYRY, TRENDING GENERALLY WEST ALONG RANGE FRONT. ABUNDANT WHITE OPALINE SILICA COATS ROCKS. THE DIKE CARRIES OXIDIZED PYRITE VEINS. QUARTZ VEINS CARRY FRESH GALENA STRINGERS, DISSEMINATED PYRITE, (AURIFEROUS?) CHALCOPYRITE, CLOTS OF (ARGENTIFEROUS?) TETRAHEDRITE, STAINED WITH FINELY DISSEMINATED MALACHITE. ROCKS ARE ARGILLICALLY ALTERED WITH MINOR LIMONITE STAINS AND FINELY DISSEMINATED YELLOW OXIDES (SB OXIDES?). QUARTZITE IN VICINITY HAS CLOTS, PODS AND STRINGERS OF CRYSTALLINE GALENA (ARGENTIFEROUS?) AND BLACK SPHALERITE (MARMATITE) AND VERY FINELY DISSEMINATED PYRITE. EXPOSED FRACTURE AND BRECCIA SURFACES ARE COATED WITH HEMATITE AND YELLOW OXIDES. FRACTURES

Comment (Deposit): PROVIDED CONDUITS FOR SILICA DEPOSITION AND SULFIDES.

Comment (Workings): MANY SHAFTS, ADITS, SURFACE CUTS; RAISES, DRIFTS


References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH & BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG. 23, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., P. 546; 548 1914 ENG. & MIN. JOUR. CLIPPING

Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.W., 1914, MIN. & SCI, PRESS., P. 484.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF 136

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 171

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1918 MINES HANDBOOK VOL XIII, P. 1122-1123

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

Reference (Production): SHAW, S.F., 1909, P. 547; COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943, P. 88.


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