The Peterson Pit is a sulfur mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Sulfur
Lat, Long: 40.86056, -118.66333
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Peterson Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peterson Pit
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 2710
Secondary: 2711
Secondary: 2712
Commodity
Primary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Sulphur District
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Pacific Sulphur Inc.
Years: 1967 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Hydrothermal Alteration
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2710 OF SULFUR-BEARING ROCK CONTAINS 0.1 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 1.5 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 30 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1.5 PP-M BE, 7 PPM CU, 70 PPM LA, 5 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 500 PPM SR, 20- PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 2711 OF OPALIZED ROCK CON-TAINS 0.1 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.03 % TI, 150 PPM AG, 2-0 PPM B, 2000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 5 PPM NI, 30 PPM Y,- 200 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 2712 OF ALTERED AND BRECCIATED ROCK CONTAI-NS 0.1 % FE, 0.05 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 10 PPM MN, 3 PPM
Materials
Ore: Sulfur
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Cristobalite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): UNLIKE MOST SULFUR AREAS IN THIS DISTRICT, THE SULFUR HERE OCCURS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FAULT ZONE THAT SEPARATES- TERTIARY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ON THE WEST FROM VOLCANIC ROCKS ON- THE EAST. THE SULFUR OCCURS ON FRACTURE SURFACES AND IMPREGNA-TES ALTERED ROCK IN THE VICINITY OF A SHEAR ZONE THAT DIPS ABO-UT 75 NW, AND, IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE PIT, STRIKES N50E. M-OST OF THE NW (HANGING WALL) SIDE OF THE SHEAR ZONE IS TILTED -GRAVEL BEDS, SUGGESTING THAT THERE HAS BEEN RECENT ACTIVITY AL-ONG THIS FAULT ZONE. THE HOST ROCK APPEARS TO BE A TUFFACEOUS -VOLCANIC ROCK BUT MOST OF THE ROCK IS EXTENSIVELY ALTERED TO O-PAL, QUARTZ, AND CRISTOBALITE. THE SULFUR-BEARING ZONE IS PROB-ABLY AS MUCH AS 20 FT WIDE AND IS ESTIMATED TO CONSIST OF UP T-O 20% SULFUR.
Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROAD . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1984)
Comment (Production): TOTAL TONNAGE OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN; USED MOSTLY FOR AGRICULTURE-SCREENED SULFUR, PRIOR TO 1966.
Comment (Development): CURRENT OWNERSHIP OF PATENTED CLAIMS UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): NE-TRENDING PIT 500 FT LONG, 100 FT WIDE AND UP TO 6
Comment (Deposit): SURFACE WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): GALLAGHER, M. J., 1967, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1967: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 16 P.
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K. G., 11 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
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.
