Peterson Pit

The Peterson Pit is a sulfur mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,701 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Peterson Pit
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 2710
Secondary: 2711
Secondary: 2712

Commodity

Primary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Sulphur District

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

Ownership

Owner Name: Pacific Sulphur Inc.
Years: 1967 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Hydrothermal Alteration

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2710 OF SULFUR-BEARING ROCK CONTAINS 0.1 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 1.5 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 30 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1.5 PP-M BE, 7 PPM CU, 70 PPM LA, 5 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 500 PPM SR, 20- PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 2711 OF OPALIZED ROCK CON-TAINS 0.1 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.03 % TI, 150 PPM AG, 2-0 PPM B, 2000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 5 PPM NI, 30 PPM Y,- 200 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 2712 OF ALTERED AND BRECCIATED ROCK CONTAI-NS 0.1 % FE, 0.05 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 10 PPM MN, 3 PPM

Materials

Ore: Sulfur
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Cristobalite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): UNLIKE MOST SULFUR AREAS IN THIS DISTRICT, THE SULFUR HERE OCCURS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FAULT ZONE THAT SEPARATES- TERTIARY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ON THE WEST FROM VOLCANIC ROCKS ON- THE EAST. THE SULFUR OCCURS ON FRACTURE SURFACES AND IMPREGNA-TES ALTERED ROCK IN THE VICINITY OF A SHEAR ZONE THAT DIPS ABO-UT 75 NW, AND, IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE PIT, STRIKES N50E. M-OST OF THE NW (HANGING WALL) SIDE OF THE SHEAR ZONE IS TILTED -GRAVEL BEDS, SUGGESTING THAT THERE HAS BEEN RECENT ACTIVITY AL-ONG THIS FAULT ZONE. THE HOST ROCK APPEARS TO BE A TUFFACEOUS -VOLCANIC ROCK BUT MOST OF THE ROCK IS EXTENSIVELY ALTERED TO O-PAL, QUARTZ, AND CRISTOBALITE. THE SULFUR-BEARING ZONE IS PROB-ABLY AS MUCH AS 20 FT WIDE AND IS ESTIMATED TO CONSIST OF UP T-O 20% SULFUR.

Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROAD . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1984)

Comment (Production): TOTAL TONNAGE OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN; USED MOSTLY FOR AGRICULTURE-SCREENED SULFUR, PRIOR TO 1966.

Comment (Development): CURRENT OWNERSHIP OF PATENTED CLAIMS UNKNOWN

Comment (Workings): NE-TRENDING PIT 500 FT LONG, 100 FT WIDE AND UP TO 6

Comment (Deposit): SURFACE WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): GALLAGHER, M. J., 1967, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1967: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 16 P.

Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K. G., 11 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

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.