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San Pedro Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Mercury, Zinc, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044152
MRDS ID M231511
Record type Site
Current site name San Pedro Mine
Alternate or previous names Liguria Shaft, Farrish Tunnel
Related records 10295353

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.96009, 38.64854 (WGS84)
Elevation 2731
Relative position 0.17 MILES S-SW OF BARCELONA SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 045E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.96009, 38.64854
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-E
    Dip 30-50SE
    Length 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At The Limestone And Granite Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Barcelona District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2590.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 535 FT SAN PEDRO SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 75,145,350 FEET; THE 145 FT LIGURIA SHAFT; THE FARRISH DRAIN TUNNEL (1,600 FT). THE WORKINGS CONNECT WITH THE BARCELONA WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAN PEDRO VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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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