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La Panta Mine

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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045457
MRDS ID M233202
Record type Site
Current site name La Panta Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.44873, 38.48548 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI. E-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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 032E 07,08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE CORNER SEC. 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.44873, 38.48548
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 3-45 NE
    Length 182.88M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Jasperiods In Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GOSSAN ZONE IS PARTLY CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND PARTLY SPREADS OUT PARALLEL TO BEDDING OF LIMESTONE. ORE DEPOSIT IS IN DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE NEAR THE INTRUSIVE GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hawthorne (Pamlico) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO-COMPARTMENT SHAFT AT LEAST 500 FEET DEEP ON THE ESMERALDA CLAIM, ALSO AN INCLINED SHAFT THAT INTERSECTS THE DEEP SHAFT ABOUT 150 FEET BELOW ITS COLLAR, A DRIFT, AND A SERIES OF STOPES TO SURFACE FROM THE DRIFT.

Comments on development

  • WORKED IN 1880'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD & PAUL, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 74

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

  • Deposit

    HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO.

  • Production

    ROSS, 1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE FORMS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES CONSISTING OF SILICEOUS, FERRUGINOUS, LOCALLY JASPEROIDAL, GOSSAN MATERIAL OCCUPYING A FRACTURE ZONE.
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF TWO CLAIMS, THE LA PANTA AND ESMERALDA CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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