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Pandora

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043838
MRDS ID M231123
Record type Site
Current site name Pandora
Alternate or previous names Monarch Gold Mining Co, Campbell Tunnel, Bargo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.71656, 39.29212 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position APPROX 3 MILES WEST OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(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 017N 020E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.71656, 39.29212
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Fault System

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 65NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersecting Fault Systems

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION NOT IN WELL-DEFINED VEINS, BUT AS SMALL, ISOLATED SHOOTS IN BRECCIATED ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jumbo (West Comstock) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • RECORDS ARE NOT CLEAR AS TO THE EXACT LOCATION OF THIS PROPERTY. NBMG BULL 70 SHOWS A CAMPBELL TUNNEL LEADING TO THE PANDORA SHAFT, INDICATING THE CAMPBELL MINE (SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET) MAY BE ONE ACCESS TO THE PANDORA. THE PANDORA WAS PRODUCING IN 1908-09 PANDORA CLAIM (MS 4326) AND BARGO LODE (MS 4291) BOTH LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SEC 34, BOTH TREND NE, BARGO LIES SE OF PANDORA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MINERAL DEP, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 196

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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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