Pamlico Mines

The Pamlico Mines is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,518 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Pamlico Mines

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne ( Pamlico )

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Owner Name: H. H. Holloway

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1886
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Folding, Faulting And A Certain Degree Of Reverse Faulting

Type: L
Description: Pamlico Anticline Trends Nw, Derived On Basis Of Relation Between Latite Tuff And Agglomerate Unit With Overlying Rhyolitic Tuff; This Contact Forms Main Localizing Structure For Pamlico Veins

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wall Rocks Adjacent To Veins Show Chloritization, Argillation, Seritication

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ALONG FOUR MAIN VEINS. VEIN A STRIKES N 65 W, DIPS 27 - 55 SW; VEIN B STRIKES N 55 - 70 W, DIPS 25 - 70 NE; VEIN P STRIKES N 30 - 80 W, DIPS 25 - 60 NE; AND A TROUGH SHAPED P-BRANCH VEIN PLUNGES 30 SE WITH BOTH FLANKS DIPPING 30 DEG TOWARD AXIS OF TROUGH

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS INCLINED SHAFTS, ADITS WITH SEVERAL MILES OF WORKINGS. MANY SHAFTS AND ADITS SATELLITIC TO MAIN PAMLICO MINE AREA.

Comment (Geology): GOLD VALUES IN VEINS ARE ERRATIC; REPORTEDLY SOME VEINS WERE FOLLOWED FOR 300 FT. WITHOUT FINDING ANY ORE. MOST VEINS NOW EXPOSED UNDERGROUND ARE BARREN.

Comment (Deposit): IN 1912 , MINOR PLACER MINING IN CANYON BELOW MINE YIELDED $8,000 IN GOLD. SOME PLACER WORK WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 1915 AND 1917 , THE GRAVELS BEING WORKED THROUGH DRIFTS AND SHAFTS.

Comment (Location): CENTRALIZED LOCATION WITHIN CLUSTER OF SHAFTS, ADITS AND PROSPECTS WHICH COMPRISE THE PAMLICO MINES

Comment (Commodity): GOLD REPORTEDLY FORMED WIRES AND NUGGETS IN THE VEINS AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITIC PORTIONS OF VEINS

References

Reference (Deposit): 1923 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. COMPANY

Reference (Deposit): 1937 RECON US BM, INFORMATION CIRCULAR

Reference (Deposit): 1970 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 74

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEVADA, USGS, BULL. 594

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV., USBM, INFORMATION CIRCULAR

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD, PAUL, 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PAMLICO MINING DIST., MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74

Reference (Production): ARCHBOLD, PAUL, 1970 , F ( 4 )

Reference (Deposit): 1915 RECON HILL, J. M., USGS BULL. 594

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.