The Pope Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.91083, -114.05722
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Pope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pope Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1723.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley (Gold Springs) District
Land Status
Not available
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization To Advanced Argillic
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3 SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.58, 0.27, 0.63 OZ/T AU AND 3.3, 1.1, 1.9 OZ/T AG. SAMPLE 1723 CONTAINS 500 PPM MN, 50 PPM AG, 100 PPM BA, 200 PPM BE, 50 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR, 50 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SUGARY TO CHALCEDONIC LT GREEN TO WHITE BANDED OPEN-CENTERED QUARTZ VEINS CUT ARGILLIZED PINK FLOW-BANDED RHYOLITE TUFF. FISSURE-TYPE QUARTZ VEINS AVERAGE 1-2 IN WIDE. VEINS OFTEN HAVE LIGHT GREEN OR PURPLE COLORATION POSSIBLY DUE TO FLUORITE(?) OR TOURMALINE WHICH IS REPORTED FOR THIS LOCALITY, (PERRY, 1964). FINE-GRAINED OXIDIZED PYRITE OCCURS IN THE VEIN AND HOST ROCK. ALSO, SILVERY-GREY NEEDLE-LIKE MINERAL MAY BE STIBNITE (?) OR AG MINERAL. THE SULFIDES APPEAR TO BE CONCENTRATED ALONG DRUSY FE AND MN-STAINED VUGS IN THE QUARTZ VEIN. MANY BANDED CHALCEDONIC VEINS ALSO NOTED. QUARTZ AFTER LAMELLAR CALCITE AND MULTIPLE VEINING FEATURES ARE ALSO ABUNDANT, VEIN ITSELF IS ONLY 2-6 INCHES WIDE, BUT IS MARKED BY A WIDER ZONE OF FRACTURING OR SHEARING AND ARGILLIC ALTERATION.
Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKING IS A VERTICAL SHAFT. SEVERAL PROSPECTS AND SHALLOW STOPES EXPLORE VEIN STRUCTURE BOTH NE AND SW OF MAIN SHAFT. SEVERAL OLD CABINS AND STRUCTURES ON PROPERTY . OPEN CUTS
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, BUT SOME RECENT DRILL ROADS HAD TAKEN PLACE WEST AND NORTH OF THE MINE
Comment (Location): 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1972 EDITION
References
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION ON SEPT. 17, 1983.
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1964, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, P. 23, 26, 40
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.
