The Pittsburg Mine is a silver, copper, and barium-barite mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 37.22583, -114.31361
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Pittsburg Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pittsburg Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Location 1736
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Strontium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Viola District District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1736 CONTAINS 5% FE, 20 % CA, 300 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, + 5000 PPM BA, 50 PPM MO, 200 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR.
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983 BUT TRENCH IS PROBABLY ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD.
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLED SHAFT EXPLORES FAULT ZONE ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF WHICH ARE BOULDERY OUTCROPS OF BLEACHED, RECRYSTALLIZED, MARLY TAN LIMESTONE AND WHITE MARBLE. ON THE SE (DOWN-DROPPED) SIDE OF THE FAULT ZONE THERE ARE OUTCROPS OF WHITE, BLEACHED, FRACTURED AND ARGILLIZED RHYOLITE. THE FAULT ZONE CONTAINS SHEARED RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE COATED BY FE OXIDES. THE ROCKS ON THE DUMP DO NOT APPEAR TO BE INTESELY MINERALIZED BUT SOME S-
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, ONE VERTICAL, ONE INCLINED.SURFACE TRENCH LOCATED ALONG BASE OF SMALL RIDGE NW OF WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): VEIN IN LIMESTONE NEAR VOLCANIC CONTACT
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-1041
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 9/21/83.
Reference (Deposit): GRAPEVINE SPRING G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, 1983, FOR BLM.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
