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Pacific Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10045234
MRDS ID M232924
Record type Site
Current site name Pacific Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05871, 39.49492 (WGS84)
Elevation 2130

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 019N 80 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CHOSE A POINT IN W 1/2 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05871, 39.49492
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Postmineral Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • MORE THAN $100,000 WAS PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 165.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 19779 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.88.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RETICULAR VEIN PATTERN WITH IRREGULAR AND SHOTS GENERALLY LESS THAN 100 FT LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.