The Pittsburg Silver is a gold and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Pittsburg Silver MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pittsburg Silver
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Alder
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Near Igneous-Metasediment Contact
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Silver
Comments
Comment (Development): LOPE MINING TOOK PLACE FROM 1916 TO 1939
Comment (Geology): ORE VEINS ARE DOMINANTLY WHITE QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): LODE MINING TOOK PLACE FROM 1916-1939
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BUSHNELL, KENT(1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD. ELKO CO. NEV, NEV. BUR. OF MINES #67
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M.,(1976)
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.
