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Pope Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Antimony
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046512
MRDS ID M241682
Record type Site
Current site name Pope Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1723.
Related records 10208519

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05804, 37.9108 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 071E 29 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1972 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization To Advanced Argillic

Analytical data

Result 3 SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.58, 0.27, 0.63 OZ/T AU AND 3.3, 1.1, 1.9 OZ/T AG. SAMPLE 1723 CONTAINS 500 PPM MN, 50 PPM AG, 100 PPM BA, 200 PPM BE, 50 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05804, 37.9108
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E-N65E
    Dip STEEPLY SE
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 365.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Fracturing And/Or Shearing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley (Gold Springs) District

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKING IS A VERTICAL SHAFT. SEVERAL PROSPECTS AND SHALLOW STOPES EXPLORE VEIN STRUCTURE BOTH NE AND SW OF MAIN SHAFT. SEVERAL OLD CABINS AND STRUCTURES ON PROPERTY . OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, BUT SOME RECENT DRILL ROADS HAD TAKEN PLACE WEST AND NORTH OF THE MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION ON SEPT. 17, 1983.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1964, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, P. 23, 26, 40

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUGARY TO CHALCEDONIC LT GREEN TO WHITE BANDED OPEN-CENTERED QUARTZ VEINS CUT ARGILLIZED PINK FLOW-BANDED RHYOLITE TUFF. FISSURE-TYPE QUARTZ VEINS AVERAGE 1-2 IN WIDE. VEINS OFTEN HAVE LIGHT GREEN OR PURPLE COLORATION POSSIBLY DUE TO FLUORITE(?) OR TOURMALINE WHICH IS REPORTED FOR THIS LOCALITY, (PERRY, 1964). FINE-GRAINED OXIDIZED PYRITE OCCURS IN THE VEIN AND HOST ROCK. ALSO, SILVERY-GREY NEEDLE-LIKE MINERAL MAY BE STIBNITE (?) OR AG MINERAL. THE SULFIDES APPEAR TO BE CONCENTRATED ALONG DRUSY FE AND MN-STAINED VUGS IN THE QUARTZ VEIN. MANY BANDED CHALCEDONIC VEINS ALSO NOTED. QUARTZ AFTER LAMELLAR CALCITE AND MULTIPLE VEINING FEATURES ARE ALSO ABUNDANT, VEIN ITSELF IS ONLY 2-6 INCHES WIDE, BUT IS MARKED BY A WIDER ZONE OF FRACTURING OR SHEARING AND ARGILLIC ALTERATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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