Lost Pardner Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043804
MRDS ID M231086
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Pardner Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.57933, 39.84433 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF PERRY CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moses Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 021E 24 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.57933, 39.84433

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Structures

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E
    Dip 85 DEG S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pyramid District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW SHAFT, PITS, SOME TRENCHES, SMAL AMOUNT OF DIAMOND DRILLING CARRIED OUT ON PROPERTY. URANIUM MINERALS REPORTED BY A.E.C. GEOLOGISTS, 1955. BONHAM, VISITED PROPERTY IN 1966 & REPORTED SEEING NO URANIUM MINERALS. MINERALS REPORTED TO OCCUR IN A SILICIFIED FAULT BRECCIA IN RHYOLITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., GEOL. MIN. DEP. WASHOE & STOREY CO., NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, PRELIM RECON RPT 3768

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.G. RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCUR IN NEV, NBMG BULL 81, 1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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