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Pine Tree Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045348
MRDS ID M233055
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Tree Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.01233, 38.37771 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 036E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.01233, 38.37771
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrusts
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cinnabar Canyon Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PADS AND LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinnabar Canyon Thrust Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. E. Cornelius And C. F. Noble,
    Home office Mina, Nevada

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF CU WAS PRODUCED IN 1917.

Comments on the workings information

  • 500-FT ADIT, 340-FT INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL TRENCHES AND OPEN PITS

Comments on development

  • A SMALL SHIPMENT IN 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

  • Production

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL, IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES OF SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED IN BRECCIA OF A THRUST FAULT; MINERALS IN VEINLETS AND FRACTURE COATINGS AND IN CAVITIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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