Nevada · Lincoln County
Past Producer

Prince Mine

Lincoln County, Nevada, United States
ManganeseSilverLeadZincVanadiumCopperArsenic
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Commodities
PrimaryManganese, Silver, Lead
TertiaryZinc, Vanadium, Copper, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR AND DISCONTINUOUS
Ore controlAlong Bedding Surfaces, Along Fractures And Shears Where They Intersect The Favorable Host Rock.
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Braunite, Calamine, Galena, Phosgenite, Plumbojarosite
GangueApatite, Calcite, Goethite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Other materialsPyrolusite
Geology
Host rockShale · Pioche Shale;Peasley Member Of Highland Peak, Lyndon Limestone;Peasley Member Of Highland Peak, Lyndon Limestone;Prospect Mountain Quartzite
StructureNumerous Faults , With Some Post-Ore Faulting Which Step-Faults The Ore., With Some Post-Ore Faulting Which Step-Faults The Ore.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10008111
MRDS IDD000023
Alternate namesPrince Consolidated, NBMG Sample Site 1432
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates37.90107, -114.4739
References
TSCHANTZ, CM & PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89BELL, R. M., 1911, THE PIOCHE DISTRICT; MINES AND MINERALS VOL 32, P. 164.ZALINSKI, E. R., 1913, ENG AND MIN JOUR, VOL 95, NO. 16, P. 809-812.ANDERSON, J. C., 1922, ORE DEPOSITS OF PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA; ENG AND MIN JOUR, VOL 113, NO. 7, P. 283.NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, ITEMS 5, 6, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS DATED 1909, 1912, 1942.MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, MAY, 1943, P. 54-55.JESSUP, D. W., 1913, MIN AND SCI PRESS, P. 773-775, P. 820-822.11) WEED, W. H., ED., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XIII, P. 1126-1127; VOL XV, 1922, P. 1306-1307.12) USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.13) SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., AUG 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT.TSCHANZ & PAMPEYAN, 1970; COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970