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Penobscot Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047243
MRDS ID M242512
Record type Site
Current site name Penobscot Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.38308, 37.65357 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Irish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 059E 29,32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN MAIN PAHRANAGAT DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.38308, 37.65357
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pahranagat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1869, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1868, P. 112-115

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-85 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.