The Pocatello Mine is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 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: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.75861, -117.66611
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Pocatello Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pocatello Mine
Secondary: Pocotillo Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Silver Peak Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1864
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vertical And Nw-Dipping Faults Offset The Ore Zone; Ene-Trending Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2.5 OZ/TON AG.
Analytical Data: SAMPLES YIELDED UP TO 0.34 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): WORKINGS COVER LARGE AREA ON EAST SLOPE OF VANDERBILT PEAK. . UTM IS TO ONE ADIT CENTRALLY LOCATED IN GROUP OF MANY WORKINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Production): SPURR REPORTED $200,000 WORTH OF SILVER PRODUCED FROM THE COMBINED POCATELLO AND VANDERBILT MINES TO 1906.
Comment (Development): ONE OF THE FIRST CLAIMS TO BE STAKED IN THE DISTRICT. AN 1878 REPORT STATED THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF $80. ORE HAD BEEN DEVELOPED ON THE POCOTILLO CLAIM. PATENTED IN 1879 WHEN OWNED BY THE SILVER PEAK AND RED MOUNTAIN GOLD AND SILVER MINING CO.
Comment (Deposit): BLACK METALLIC SILVER MINERAL OCCURS IN CRACKS IN QUARTZ LENSES CONFORMABLE TO BEDDING. ORE MAY BE SOMEWHAT ENRICHED CLOSE TO GREENSTONE DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, USGS PROF. PAPER NO.55.
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK; HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA, SERIES, NO.8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.
Reference (Production): SPURR, J.E. (1906) P. 35 SHAMBERGER (1976) P.15.
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.
