Portland Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103880
MRDS ID M060228
Record type Site
Current site name Portland Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2821.
Related records 10247272

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.79043, 40.43072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1460
Relative position A HALF-MILE NORTH OF VERNON SITE IN CANYON ON EAST FLANK OF SEVEN TROUGHS RANGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seven Troughs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 028E 36 SE OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBILITY IS GOOD ON ROAD NORTH OF VERNON. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2821 SELECTED FROM DUMPS AND NEAR LARGE ORE BIN, AND VEIN, CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.5 % MG, 0.1 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 15 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 20 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 100 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR, AND 1.3 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.79043, 40.43072

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Seven Troughs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE MAJOR SHAFT WITH ADJOINING ADITS AND CONSIDERABLE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • GOOD PRODUCER DISCOVERED LATE IN THE HISTORY OF THE CAMP. MOST ACTIVELY WORKED IN THE DISTRICT DURING THE 1940S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS: UNPUBLISHED NBMG (TINGLEY) FILES.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 88.

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, M. A., 1972, THE STORY OF SEVEN TROUGHS, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA - HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA, NO. 3: USGS AND NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES, NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M242815, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.
Deposit SAMPLE 2821 CONSISTS OF PARTLY VUGGY VOLCANIC BRECCIA, IRON-STAINED, WITH VISIBLE BUT UNIDENTIFIED SULFIDES IN THE MATRIX. ORE IS VERY QUARTZ-POOR COMPARED TO OTHER MINES OF THE DISTRICT.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: DETACHMENT FAULT-RELATED BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1987 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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