The Pandora is a gold mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.29222, -119.71556
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Pandora MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pandora
Secondary: Monarch Gold Mining Co
Secondary: Campbell Tunnel
Secondary: Bargo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Jumbo (West Comstock) 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: 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: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Fault System
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): RECORDS ARE NOT CLEAR AS TO THE EXACT LOCATION OF THIS PROPERTY. NBMG BULL 70 SHOWS A CAMPBELL TUNNEL LEADING TO THE PANDORA SHAFT, INDICATING THE CAMPBELL MINE (SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET) MAY BE ONE ACCESS TO THE PANDORA. THE PANDORA WAS PRODUCING IN 1908-09 PANDORA CLAIM (MS 4326) AND BARGO LODE (MS 4291) BOTH LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SEC 34, BOTH TREND NE, BARGO LIES SE OF PANDORA
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION NOT IN WELL-DEFINED VEINS, BUT AS SMALL, ISOLATED SHOOTS IN BRECCIATED ANDESITE
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MINERAL DEP, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 196
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.
