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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. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037453
MRDS ID M035292
Record type Site
Current site name Pamlico Mines
Related records 10310558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.47289, 38.45548 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position SOUTH FLANK GARFIELD HILLS, APPROX. 10 MILES 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

Comments on the location information

  • CENTRALIZED LOCATION WITHIN CLUSTER OF SHAFTS, ADITS AND PROSPECTS WHICH COMPRISE THE PAMLICO MINES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD REPORTEDLY FORMED WIRES AND NUGGETS IN THE VEINS AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITIC PORTIONS OF VEINS

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rocks Adjacent To Veins Show Chloritization, Argillation, Seritication

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation;Gold Range Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation;Gold Range Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.47289, 38.45548
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Folding, Faulting And A Certain Degree Of Reverse Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pamlico Anticline Trends Nw, Derived On Basis Of Relation Between Latite Tuff And Agglomerate Unit With Overlying Rhyolitic Tuff; This Contact Forms Main Localizing Structure For Pamlico Veins

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES
    Length 8046.5M
    Width 7.32M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gold Occurs As Lenses Along Veins Intimately Associated With Gouge And Breccia. Most Veins Occur Along Nw Trending Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD VALUES IN VEINS ARE ERRATIC; REPORTEDLY SOME VEINS WERE FOLLOWED FOR 300 FT. WITHOUT FINDING ANY ORE. MOST VEINS NOW EXPOSED UNDERGROUND ARE BARREN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Discoverer Several Early Claims
Year of first production 1886

Mining district

District name Hawthorne ( Pamlico )

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. H. Holloway

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS INCLINED SHAFTS, ADITS WITH SEVERAL MILES OF WORKINGS. MANY SHAFTS AND ADITS SATELLITIC TO MAIN PAMLICO MINE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEVADA, USGS, BULL. 594

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV., USBM, INFORMATION CIRCULAR

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, PAUL, 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PAMLICO MINING DIST., MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74

  • Deposit

    1915 RECON HILL, J. M., USGS BULL. 594

  • Deposit

    1923 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. COMPANY

  • Deposit

    1937 RECON US BM, INFORMATION CIRCULAR

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 74

  • Production

    ARCHBOLD, PAUL, 1970 , F ( 4 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ALONG FOUR MAIN VEINS. VEIN A STRIKES N 65 W, DIPS 27 - 55 SW; VEIN B STRIKES N 55 - 70 W, DIPS 25 - 70 NE; VEIN P STRIKES N 30 - 80 W, DIPS 25 - 60 NE; AND A TROUGH SHAPED P-BRANCH VEIN PLUNGES 30 SE WITH BOTH FLANKS DIPPING 30 DEG TOWARD AXIS OF TROUGH
Deposit IN 1912 , MINOR PLACER MINING IN CANYON BELOW MINE YIELDED $8,000 IN GOLD. SOME PLACER WORK WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 1915 AND 1917 , THE GRAVELS BEING WORKED THROUGH DRIFTS AND SHAFTS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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