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Penelas Mine

Past Producer in Nye 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044174
MRDS ID M231535
Record type Site
Current site name Penelas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.76816, 39.06214 (WGS84)
Elevation 2033
Relative position 1.12 MILES S-SW OF PHONOLITE TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnt Cabin Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 037E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.76816, 39.06214
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip STEEPLY E (85E ?)
    Length 45.72M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 182.88M
    Depth to bottom 274.32M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer Penelas

Mining district

District name Bruner District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Penelas Mining Co., L. D. Gordon (President-Manager)
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 1000 FT, 73 DEG INCLINED SHAFT WITH NINE LEVELS SPACED 100 FT APART TOTALING 4,000 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 26-27

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6 AUG,1981.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 26

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE- WWI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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