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Pocatello Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046772
MRDS ID M241979
Record type Site
Current site name Pocatello Mine
Alternate or previous names Pocotillo Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.66703, 37.75855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position ABOUT 1.8 AIRMILES N 80 W FROM TOWN OF SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 039E 17,20 SE OF SE (17); NE OF NE (20) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS COVER LARGE AREA ON EAST SLOPE OF VANDERBILT PEAK. . UTM IS TO ONE ADIT CENTRALLY LOCATED IN GROUP OF MANY WORKINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES YIELDED UP TO 0.34 OZ/TON AU
Result 2.5 OZ/TON AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wyman; Reed Dolomite (Is Massive And Unmineralized)
    Rock description Wyman;Reed Dolomite (Is Massive And Unmineralized)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.66703, 37.75855
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vertical And Nw-Dipping Faults Offset The Ore Zone; Ene-Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike FLAT-LYING, BUT UNDULATING
    Dip GENERALLY FLAT, BUT UNDULATING
    Thickness 0.91M
  • General form LENSES
    Dip GENERALLY FLAT, BUT UNDULATING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Discoverer W.J. And R.H. Robinson

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Peak Mines Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SPURR REPORTED $200,000 WORTH OF SILVER PRODUCED FROM THE COMBINED POCATELLO AND VANDERBILT MINES TO 1906.

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE FIRST CLAIMS TO BE STAKED IN THE DISTRICT. AN 1878 REPORT STATED THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF $80. ORE HAD BEEN DEVELOPED ON THE POCOTILLO CLAIM. PATENTED IN 1879 WHEN OWNED BY THE SILVER PEAK AND RED MOUNTAIN GOLD AND SILVER MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1906, USGS PROF. PAPER NO.55.

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK; HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA, SERIES, NO.8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

  • Production

    SPURR, J.E. (1906) P. 35 SHAMBERGER (1976) P.15.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK METALLIC SILVER MINERAL OCCURS IN CRACKS IN QUARTZ LENSES CONFORMABLE TO BEDDING. ORE MAY BE SOMEWHAT ENRICHED CLOSE TO GREENSTONE DIKES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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