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Pfluger Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite, Antimony, Zinc
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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. 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 10042533
MRDS ID M060355
Record type Site
Current site name Pfluger Mine
Alternate or previous names Pflueger Mine, Manoa, NBMG Sample Site 2573
Related records 10174514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.12903, 40.40156 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 3 MILES S. OF UNIONVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 029N 034E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN COTTONWOOD CANYON; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2573, DUMP SELECT OF SERICITIZED RHYOLITE WITH BARITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, CONTAINS 0.1 % FE, 0.0-3 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 1000 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 30 PPM B-, +5000 PPM BA, 20000 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, +20000 PPM PB, 7000 P-PM SB, +5000 PPM SR, 10 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 1000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM Z-R, AND 0.2 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.12903, 40.40156
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unionville District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS; MAIN ADIT FLOODED; TREND E-W.

Comments on development

  • APPARENTLY WORKED IN 1970'S-1880'S. NO EVIDENCE IN 1984 OF ANY ACTIVITY FOR MANY YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 28 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-BARITE VEIN IN SERICITIZED RHYOLITE ASH-FLOW TUFF. BARITE CONTAINS FINE-GRAINED GALENA AND FINE-GRAINED CHA-LCOPYRITE, PLUS MALACHITE, AZURITE AND CERUSSITE. ADIT TRENDS -E-W BUT NO VEIN TREND COULD BE ASCERTAINED. BARITE SEEMS TO CO-NTAIN BASE METAL SULFIDES; QUARTZ VEIN AND STOCKWORKS ON DUMP -HAD PYRITE ONLY.
Deposit WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE. COMPRISED OF 13 PATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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

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