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Pamlico Mines No. 3

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037455
MRDS ID M035294
Record type Site
Current site name Pamlico Mines No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.46512, 38.45159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position SOUTH FLANK GARFIELD HILLS, 10 MI. SE OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pamlico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 032E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2,200 FT EAST OF MINE #2 , ALONG SW EDGE OF THE OLD OWL CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.46512, 38.45159
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description High Angle Faults Strike Nw And Cut Vein At Each End

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 35 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THIS VEIN WAS WORKED FOR A LENGTH ABOUT 120 FT. BETWEEN TWO ZONES OF HIGH-ANGLE FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hawthorne

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, PAUL, 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PAMLICO MINING, DIST. 1 MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 74

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POSSIBLE SITE OF GOLD BAR MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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