Commodities
PrimaryZinc
TertiarySilver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsGalena, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Wad
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1926
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10174138
MRDS IDM032007
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.94826, -114.49304
References
GAGE, H.L. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA. IN: SOME FOREIGNAND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CON-CENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUS-TRY. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT)1941, PP. 423-424WESTGATE, L.G., AND KNOPE, A., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OFTHE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 171, P.57TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DE-POSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BU MINES BULL. 73,TABLE 10, P. 130; PLATE 1.YOUNG, E.B., THE PIOCHE DISTRICT (NEV.), IN SYMPOSIUM ON THEGEOLOGY, PARAGENESIS, AND RESERVES OF THE ORES OF LEAD ANDZINC, INTERNAT. GEOL. CONG., 18TH, LONDON, 1948 PP. 98-106PARK, C.F. JR., ET AL, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THEPIOCHE HILLS, LINCOLN CO., NEV., USGS MINERAL INV. FIELDSTUDIES MAP MF-136TRENGROVE, R.R., INVESTIGATION OF COMET COALITION PB-ZNDEPOSIT LINCOLN CO., NEV., US BU MINES RPT. INVEST. 4541,FIG. 1COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERALPRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE), NEV. BU MINES BULL. 38