The Pilot Group is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 38.33389, -117.86611
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Pilot Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pilot Group
Secondary: Tiffany Mne
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pilot Mountains 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
Owner Name: Robert Daniel, Tonopan, Nev., Grant Huntley, Reno, Nev; Earl Smith, Norman, Oklahoma
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: A Major E-W Fold Or Fault Trends Across The Northern Portion Of The Claim Group
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Leaching, Fe-Staining
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES SHOWN IN EXCELSS OF 0.05% CU.
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Turquoise
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SOUTHEAST END OF PILOT MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): ANNUAL LABORS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED THROUGH AUGUST 1, 1964
Comment (Deposit): BOTH THE EXCELSIOR FORMATION AND THE QUARTZ MONZONITE ARE ALTERED AND MINERALIZED FRACTURES ARE COATED WITH CHRYSOCOLLA, COPPER OXIDES AND TURQUOISE
Comment (Geology): THE CLAIMS LIE WITHIN A SEEMINGLY E-W BELT OF DISSEMINATED CU-M PROSPECTS THAT TO THE NORTH OF TONOPAH. AT THE PILOT CLAIMS, THREE MAJOR ROCK GROUPS CROP OUT: THE TRIASSIC EXCELSIOR FORMATION, FURASSIC OR CRETACEOUS QUARTZ MONZONITE, AND AND A VOLCANIC AND HYPAHYSSAL COMPLEX OF TERTIARY AGE. THE EXCELSIOR QUARTZITE ISBLEACHED, BRECCIATED ANF IRON-STAINED NEAR THE CONTACT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE.
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS COVER AN AREA OF 6 SQ. MI. THE GROUP CONSISTS OF 182 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD, N.L., 1964, (UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE PILOT GROUP OF CLAIMS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG FILES
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.
