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Pan American Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Lead, Manganese, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198628
MRDS ID M032032
MAS/MILS ID 0320170045
Record type Site
Current site name Pan American Mine
Alternate or previous names St. Patrick Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.60644, 37.87076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1954
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bennett Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 001 S 066 E 09 SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.60644, 37.87076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 10E
    Thickness 5M
    Length 430M
    Width 200M
    Depth to top 250M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00E:10E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820222
  • Area 196HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 196
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Year of first production 1947

Mining district

District name Comet District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Resco International
    ID 2600229
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1983

Comments on the production information

  • ORE MILLED AT CASELTON DURING LAST MINING PERIOD.MINING METHOD; ROOM AND PILLAR.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Measured 1990000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1990000mt ore
    Total resources 1990000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 1.17 wt-pct Lead Minor 1982
    Zinc Zn 2.45 wt-pct Zinc Major 1982
    Silver Ag 2.07 g/mt Silver Minor 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES LISTED UNDER ST. PATRICK MINING CO.,INC.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .33
    Percent Waste Rock 4.7
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Length of Inclines (m) 900
    Slope of Inclines 10
    Number of Inclines 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 0
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 1500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5.58
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1979

Comments on other economic factors

  • YEARS 1979-1982 THE PAN AMERICAN MINE WILL SUPPLY 1500 MT ORE PER DAY TO THE CASELTON MILL. IN 1983 THE PAN AMERICAN WILL BE MINED OUT (233000 MT OF PRODUCTION DURING THE YEAR). DURING 1983 THE CASELTON-PRINCE MINE WILL BEGIN PRODUCTION AT A COMBINED PRODUCTION OF 152000 MT DURING 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. INTERNATIONAL

  • Reserve-Resource

    DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS:

  • Reserve-Resource

    SECTION 2A - UNITED STATES MINE/PLANT UNITS, 1982,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 221.

  • Deposit

    GEMMILL, P. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. CH. 54 IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES, 1933- 1967, ED. BY J. D. RIDGE. V. II, 1ST

  • Deposit

    (GRATON-SALES) ED., AIME, 1968, PP. 1128-1147.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. H., JR. MINING AND MILLING METHODS AT THE

  • Deposit

    CASELTON MINE, COMBINED METALS REDUCTION COMPANY, PIOCHE,

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES IC 7586, 1950, 24 PP.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L. P., AND L. H. KNIGHT. STRATABOUND

  • Deposit

    LEAD-ZINC-SILVER ORES OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA -

  • Deposit

    UNUSUAL "MISSISSIPPI VALLEY" DEPOSITS. PAPER IN

  • Deposit

    PROCEEDINGS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGISTS/UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION BASIN AND RANGE

  • Deposit

    SYMPOSIUM AND GREAT BASIN FIELD CONFERENCE (LAS VEGAS, NV,

  • Deposit

    OCT. 7-11, 1979), ED. BY G. W. NEWMAN AND H. D. GOODE.

  • Deposit

    RMAG, 1979, PP. 389-396.

  • Deposit

    TRENGOVE, R. R. INVESTIGATION OF COMET COALITION

  • Deposit

    LEAD-ZINC DEPOSIT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    RI 4541, 1949, 6 PP.

  • Deposit

    TRENGOVE, R. R. RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS. BUMINES RI 5446, 1959, 40 PP.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C. M., AND E. H. PAMPEYAN. GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. BULL. 73, 1970, P. 154, 156; FIG. 26, P. 157;

  • Deposit

    PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., AND A. KNOPF. GEOLOGY AND ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    PROF. PAPER 171, 1932, 75 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-1988 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/05/1981
MSHA mine ID2600229
Mine name (MSHA)Pan American Mine
Current operatorBunker Hill Company
Current controller (parent)Gulf USA Corp
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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