La Panta Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103593
MRDS ID M035277
Record type Site
Current site name La Panta Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.44845, 38.48464 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position SO. FLANK GARFIELD HILLS, ABOUT 10 MILES SE OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pamlico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 032E 07,08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2.5 MILES NE OF THE MAIN PAMLICO MINES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE FORMS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES AND CONSISTS OF SILICEOUS, FERRUGINOUS, LOCALLY JASPEROIDAL, GOSSAN MATERIAL

Alteration

  • (Local) Extensive Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.44845, 38.48464

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description La Panta Anticline, Plunges Gently To The Se; Ne Flank Dips 55 Deg Ne, Sw Flank Dips 45 Deg Sw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, SPORADIC PODS
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 35 - 45 N
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gossan Zone Is Partly Controlled By Faults And Partly Spreads Out Parrallel To Bedding In The Host Lmst.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1886
Discoverer La Panta Consolidated Mining Co.

Mining district

District name Hawthorne/Pamlico

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. H. Holloway

Comments on the production information

  • $300,000 EST. TOTAL PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRACTICALLY ALL OF THE EXPOSED GOSSAN HAS BEEN EXPLORED THROUGH PITS, ADITS, OR SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, 1970 ,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1915 ,SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CA. AND NW NEV., USGS, BULL. 594, P 156-157

  • Deposit

    1915 RECON JAMES M. HILL, USGS BULL. 594

  • Deposit

    1937 RECON USBM, INFORMATION CIRCULAR, MINERAL CO., NEV.

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74

  • Production

    ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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