De Soto Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Antimony, Gold, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042517
MRDS ID M060335
Record type Site
Current site name De Soto Mine
Related records 10198051

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.15208, 40.53156 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 8 MI. S OF IMLAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 031N 034E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 300 FEET SOUTH OF THE SHEBA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Freibergite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE-1.32%SB, 5.24% PB, 0.10% CU, 8.78 OZ/TON AG AND TRACES OF AU AND ZN.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Koipato;Prida Formation;Prida
    Rock description Koipato;Prida Formation;Prida

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.15208, 40.53156

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pre-Minerafault Fissures, Fault Block

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 75W
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: THE FEEDER FOR ORE WAS A NARROW FISSURE VEIN STRIKING NORTHWARD AND DIPPING STEEPLY WEST IN THE RHYOLITE BODY. THE VEIN BROKE INTO NUMEROUS VEINLETS ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND FRACTURE CLEAVAGES IN THE OVERLYING TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONES (BASAL UNIT OF PRIDA FORMATION), WHICH IS OVERLAIN BY AN IMPERVIOUS THIN SHALY LIMESTONE THAT FORMED THE HANGING WALL IN THE DEPOSIT AND TRAPPED THE MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS. THE VEIN IS UP TO 48 INCHES WIDE. THE VEINS FILL PREMINERAL FAULT FISSURES OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT IN THE RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE AND LOWER MEMBER OF PRIDA FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1861

Mining district

District name Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ORES VALVED AT $60 TO $250 PER TON (1869)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS, 600 AND 900 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 414

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6902

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, 1939, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE NE HUMBOLDT RANGE; GSA BULL. 50.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, 1869, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF NEVADA FOR 1867 AND 1868, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

  • Production

    WHITE, 1869

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED IN 1861. THE PROPERTY INCLUDES THE STAR PEAK, STAR PEAK NO. 2, STAR PEAK NO. 3, SILVER REEF, WOOLCOTT, HYDENFELDT, DESOTO, TUNNEL, TREASURE, AND ROCKY CLIFF CLAIMS, ALL PATENTED IN 1904. DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS, 600 AND 900 FEET LONG. THE DESOTO AND SHEBA MINES ARE ON THE SAME ZONE OF MINERALIZATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THIS MINE IS ON THE SAME MINERALIZED ZONE AS THE SHEBA. THE ORE FEEDER WAS A NARROW FISSURE VEIN STRIKING NORTH AND DIPPING STEEPLY WEST IN THE RHYOLITE BODY. THE VEIN BROKE INTO NUMEROUS VEINLETS ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND FRACTURE CLEAVAGES IN THE OVERLYING TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONES (BASAL UNIT OF PRIDA FORMATION), WHICH IS OVERLAIN BY AN IMPERVIOUS THIN SHALY LIMESTONE THAT FORMED THE HANGING WALL IN THE DEPOSIT AND TRAPPED THE MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS. THE VEIN IS UP TO 48 INCHES WIDE. THE VEINS FILL PREMINERAL FAULT FISSURES OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT IN THE RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE AND LOWER MEMBER OF PRIDA FORMATION.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
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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