The La Panta Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.48472, -118.44750
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La Panta Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: La Panta Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne/Pamlico
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: H. H. Holloway
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1886
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, SPORADIC PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: La Panta Anticline, Plunges Gently To The Se; Ne Flank Dips 55 Deg Ne, Sw Flank Dips 45 Deg Sw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Extensive Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 2.5 MILES NE OF THE MAIN PAMLICO MINES
Comment (Commodity): ORE FORMS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES AND CONSISTS OF SILICEOUS, FERRUGINOUS, LOCALLY JASPEROIDAL, GOSSAN MATERIAL
Comment (Workings): PRACTICALLY ALL OF THE EXPOSED GOSSAN HAS BEEN EXPLORED THROUGH PITS, ADITS, OR SHAFTS
Comment (Production): $300,000 EST. TOTAL PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, 1970 ,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1915 ,SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CA. AND NW NEV., USGS, BULL. 594, P 156-157
Reference (Deposit): 1915 RECON JAMES M. HILL, USGS BULL. 594
Reference (Deposit): 1937 RECON USBM, INFORMATION CIRCULAR, MINERAL CO., NEV.
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): 1970 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74
Reference (Production): ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74
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.
