The Pflum Mine is a silver, antimony, and lead mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Antimony, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.54278, -118.13833
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Pflum Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pflum Mine
Secondary: Last Chance
Secondary: Star Cyn
Secondary: Honey Bunny
Secondary: Prospector
Secondary: Picnic
Secondary: Midnight
Secondary: Pacific.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Star 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Several Parallel Faults; Bedding-Plane Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Freibergite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A QUARTZ-ANTIMONY VEIN THAT RANGES FROM 4 TO 12 INCHES WIDE CUTS THE LIMESTONE WITH SEVERAL BARREN FAULTS CLOSELY PARALLELING THE VEIN. THE VEIN IS OFFSET BY A SUBHORIZONTAL BEDDING-PLANE FAULT, GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF TWO VEINS. STIBNITE OCCURS AS SMALL PODS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS IN QUARTZ. SPHALERITE AND PYRITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANTIMONY MINERALS BUT ARE MORE COMMON IN THE LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO THE VEIN. GREEN TO BLUE MELANTERITE COATS SOME OF THE VEIN MATERIAL. THE VEIN FILLS PREMINERAL FAULT FISSURE IN RHYOLITE AND LOWER MEMBER PRIDA FORMATION. ORE VALUES DECREASED WITH DEPTH. ORE HIGH IN SILVER FOUND NEAR THE SURFACE.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Comment (Workings): THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY MORE THAN 1000 FT OF WORKINGS, INCLUDING TWO ADITS, AN INTERMEDIATE 15-FT LEVEL, AND SOME STOPING.
Comment (Geology): ORE VEIN FILLS PREMINERAL FAULT FISSURES OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT. VEIN BROKE INTO NUMEROUS VEINLETS ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND FRACTURE CLEAVAGES IN OVERLYING TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE (BASAL UNIT OF THE PRIDA FORMATION), WHICH IS OVER LAIN BY AN IMPERVIOUS THIN SHALY LIMESTONE, TRAPPING THE MINERALIZED SOLUTIONS. ORE VALUE DECREASES WITH DEPTH. STOPING DONE UP DIP. STIBNITE OCCURS IN SMALL PODS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS IN QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): MINE IS DEVELOPED BY MORE THAN 1000 FEET OF WORKINGS, INCLUDING TWO ADITS, AN INTERMEDIATE 15-FOOT LEVEL, AND SOME STOPING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): SOUTH SIDE OF STAR CANYON
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61
Reference (Deposit): CAMERON, 1939, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE NE HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA; GSA BULL. V.50 NO.4
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6902
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.
