| Deposit ID | 10044084 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231409 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pittsburg Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Morning Star |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.83761, 40.42213 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2195 |
| Relative position | 19 MILES SSE OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Lewis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 030N | 046E | 31 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Quartzite |
| Rock description | Quartzite |
| (1) | -116.83761, 40.42213 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Roberts Mtns Thrust |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Minor Faults |
| Strike | WAND N30W |
|---|---|
| Dip | S STEEPLY |
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 9.14M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Hilltop District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 4827.9M |
| Overall depth | 167.64M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231409 |
STAGER, J.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88, PT II
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV: USBM INFO CIRC. 7043
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 10 FT THE LARGEST ORE SHOOT IS 30 FEET LONG AND WAS MINED 500 FT DOWNDIP |
| Deposit | AN ENGLISH-OWNED COMPANY BEGAN MINING AT THE PITTSBURG AND BUILT A MILL IN THE CANYON BELOW THE MINE, CONNECTED TO IT BY A TRAMWAY. THE MILL OPERATED FROM 1887 TO 18919 IN 1904, THE PITTSBURG AND MORNING STAR MINES WERE CONSOLIDATED. MINES ARE DEVELOPED BY ABOUT 3 MILES OF INTERCONNECTED WORKINGS ON ( LEVELS, SPANNING 550 VERTICAL FEET IN THE PITTSBURG AND 925 VERT FEET IN THE MORNINGSTAR. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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