The Pactolus Mining Area is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,860 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,860 Feet (1,786 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.66972, -117.80278
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Pactolus Mining Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pactolus Mining Area
Secondary: Pactolis
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 3151, 3152.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Athens 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: Cominco American, Inc.
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: N20-55w, 45-70nw Shear Zone; E-W, 60nw Shear Zone; N40e, 45nw Shear Zone. Local Intense Deformation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Argillization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3151 CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.1 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.07 % TI, 70 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 30 PPM B, 700 P-PM BA, 15 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 150 PPM PB, 150 PPM SB-, 20 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3152 CONTAINED 1.5 % FE, 0.07 % -MG, 0.1 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 500 PPM MN, 15 PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 1-0 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO-, 5 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 20 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): GOOD ACCESS NORTH OF THE POLE LINE ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): A FEW YEARS OF BOOM ACTIVITY FOLLOWED THE DISCOVERY OF HIGH-GRADE GOLD ORE, 1903-1907, INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE SINCE THEN. DRILLING PROGRAM PLANNED BY COMINCO AMERICAN, INC. IN JUNE, 1986.
Comment (Deposit): ONE ADIT WAS SELECTED FOR SAMPLING IN 1986, BECAUSE OF ITS ACCESS. IT WAS IN HIGHLY BLEACHED AND ARGILLIZED RHYOLI-TE WITH SILICIFIED ZONES WITHIN IT. ADIT WAS DRIVEN ON A SHEAR- ZONE (SAMPLE 3151) ALONG LIMONITE-STAINED SILICIFIED PORTIONS- OF THE VEIN, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO VISIBLE MINERALIZATION (RE-PORTEDLY FREE GOLD). MOST VEINING OCCURS AS STRINGERS-THIS ONE- ABOUT 2 FT WIDE, BEARING N45E, 55 NW; IT APPEARS TO BE TYPICA-L OF THOSE EXAMINED. ANOTHER VEIN ALONG A SHEAR ZONE IS EXPOSE-D IN A SHAFT SOUTH OF THE CAMP AND WAS ALSO SAMPLED (3152). TH-IS VEIN BEARS N55E, DIP NW, 2 FT WIDE IN ALTERED AND BLEACHED -WHITE TUFF? STRINGER OF FE-OXIDE-STAINED QUARTZ UP TO 8 INCHES- THICK.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF INCLINED SHAFTS AND DRIFTS, TRENCHES, AND ADITS.2-COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFT 150 FT DEEP.
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS., BULL 99B, 1984.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 21 APR 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.
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.
