The San Pedro Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,960 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,960 Feet (2,731 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.64861, -116.95917
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San Pedro Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Pedro Mine
Secondary: Liguria Shaft
Secondary: Farrish Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Barcelona District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): SAN PEDRO VEIN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 535 FT SAN PEDRO SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 75,145,350 FEET; THE 145 FT LIGURIA SHAFT; THE FARRISH DRAIN TUNNEL (1,600 FT). THE WORKINGS CONNECT WITH THE BARCELONA WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS
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.
