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Petrulas Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046526
MRDS ID M241701
Record type Site
Current site name Petrulas Mine
Alternate or previous names Kathleen Claim No. 1, Olympus Mining & Milling Co. Property
Related records 10222255

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.60115, 37.93217 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 42 MILES OF HIGHWAY AND 66 MILES OF FAIR DESERT ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Worthington Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 057E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA IS UNSURVEYED. EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TACTITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Freiberg

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James Petrulas
    First year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner Petrulas Brothers

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 49.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTING OF A LONG TUNNEL AND AN INCLINED SHAFT, SCATTERED OPEN CUTS SHAFT ACCESSIBLE TO 162 FT WITH SHORT DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS AT VARYING INTERVALS

Comments on development

  • 4 PATENTED AND 32 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, INTERMITTENTLY WORKED WITH LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION OVER A PERIOD OF MANY YEARS. PRODUCED IN 1937-HIGH-GRADE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES DISTRICT FILE NO. 169, ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILES, NO. 169, ITEM-PRESS CLIPPINGS

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 73, P. 172

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SCATTERED IRREGULAR POCKETS OF ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-82 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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