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Pine Tree Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037420
MRDS ID M035121
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Tree Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.01734, 38.70186 (WGS84)
Elevation 2152
Relative position PILOT MTNS. 5 MILES SE OF MINA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gabbs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 006N 036E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.01734, 38.70186
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, COATINGS, CAVITIES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Minerals Occur In Veinlets And Coatings On Fractures, Cavities

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL, IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES OF SECONDARY CU MINERALS ERRATICALLY DIST. IN BRECCIA OF THRUST FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years SMALL SHIPMENT IN 1917

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 - FT. ADIT, 340 - FT. INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL TRENCHES AND OPEN PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

  • Production

    ROSS, FS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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