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Pamlico Mines

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045456
MRDS ID M233201
Record type Site
Current site name Pamlico Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.47595, 38.45548 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI. 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)

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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 031E 24 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation;Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation;Excelsior Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.47595, 38.45548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30E-N30W
    Dip 40-70 NE AND SE
    Length 121.92M
    Width 7.32M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FREE GOLD OCCURS AS NUGGETS AND WIRES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hawthorne District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Daugherty, E. H.
    Home office Carson City, Nevada
    First year 1937

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS AND SEVERAL MILES OF WORKINGS; ALSO ADITS AND SHAFTS SATELLITIC TO THE MAIN PAMLICO AREA.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1870'S AND 1880'S, MINOR PLACER ACTIVITY IN CANYON BELOW MINE IN 1912. WORKED INTERMITTENTLY IN LATER YEARS. PROPERTY IDLE IN 1936.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD AND 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 WORKINGS EXPLORE FOUR MAIN VEINS WITH STRIKES AND DIPS OF N65W, DIPS 27-55SW; N55-70W, DIPS 25-70NE; N30-80W DIPS 25-60NE; AND THE FOURTH PLUNGING 30 TO THE SE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Royse, Sue E. 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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