Pittsburg Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite, Iron, Manganese, Lead, Arsenic, Strontium, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037364
MRDS ID M032059
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburg Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Location 1736
Related records 10173724

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.31443, 37.22581 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 5000 FT S OF BLUE NOSE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Nose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
08S 69E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Iron Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1736 CONTAINS 5% FE, 20 % CA, 300 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, + 5000 PPM BA, 50 PPM MO, 200 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Monte Cristo Limestone
    Rock description Monte Cristo Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.31443, 37.22581

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 55 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN LIMESTONE NEAR VOLCANIC CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Viola District District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, ONE VERTICAL, ONE INCLINED.SURFACE TRENCH LOCATED ALONG BASE OF SMALL RIDGE NW OF WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983 BUT TRENCH IS PROBABLY ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-1041

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 9/21/83.

  • Deposit

    GRAPEVINE SPRING G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, 1983, FOR BLM.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLED SHAFT EXPLORES FAULT ZONE ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF WHICH ARE BOULDERY OUTCROPS OF BLEACHED, RECRYSTALLIZED, MARLY TAN LIMESTONE AND WHITE MARBLE. ON THE SE (DOWN-DROPPED) SIDE OF THE FAULT ZONE THERE ARE OUTCROPS OF WHITE, BLEACHED, FRACTURED AND ARGILLIZED RHYOLITE. THE FAULT ZONE CONTAINS SHEARED RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE COATED BY FE OXIDES. THE ROCKS ON THE DUMP DO NOT APPEAR TO BE INTESELY MINERALIZED BUT SOME S-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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