Lost Pardner Mine

The Lost Pardner Mine is a uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lost Pardner Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Pyramid 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Volcanogenic U

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Structures

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Torbernite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW SHAFT, PITS, SOME TRENCHES, SMAL AMOUNT OF DIAMOND DRILLING CARRIED OUT ON PROPERTY. URANIUM MINERALS REPORTED BY A.E.C. GEOLOGISTS, 1955. BONHAM, VISITED PROPERTY IN 1966 & REPORTED SEEING NO URANIUM MINERALS. MINERALS REPORTED TO OCCUR IN A SILICIFIED FAULT BRECCIA IN RHYOLITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., GEOL. MIN. DEP. WASHOE & STOREY CO., NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, PRELIM RECON RPT 3768

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.G. RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCUR IN NEV, NBMG BULL 81, 1973

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.