Pansy Lee Mine

The Pansy Lee Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,102 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pansy Lee Mine
Secondary: West Coast Mine
Secondary: Case-Prout, Nbmg Sample Sites 2374, 2375

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Ten Mile District (Barrett Springs)

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: Great West Gold And Silver Inc.
Years: 1985 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1907
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AND 50 TO 60 OZ AG, AS WELL AS PB, ZN, AND CU. SAMPLE 2374 CONTAINS 10 % FE, 0.01 % TI, 50 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 15 PPM AU, 70 PPM B, +500 PPM CD, 700 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 5 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, +1000 PPM SB, +1000 PPM ZN, AND 12 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS. SAMPLE 2375 CONTAINS 3 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.1 % TI, 70 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 150 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 15000 PPM PB, 1500 PPM SB, 30 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 5000 PPM ZN, 30 PPM ZR, AND 3 PPM AU BY AA ANALYSIS.
Analytical Data: 0.6 OZ AU
Analytical Data: 8-40 OZ/TON AG 1942 CONCENTRATE AVERAGED 2 % SB
Analytical Data: ASSAYS RUN 0.2 TO 6 OZ/TON AU

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): CENTERED ON EXTREME EASTERN EDGE OF SEC 1(KRUM HILLS) ; +/- 1000 M.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MCDERMITT 1:250000

Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF SUNPATENTED CLAIMS ADJOINING THE NEVADA CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. MOST OF THE $142,628 PRODUCED IN THE DISTRICT IN 1942 PROBABLY CAME FROM THIS MINE. THERE WAS SPORADIC OPERATION OF THE MINE AFTER WWII BUT NO RECORD OF ITS PRODUCTIONS DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL ADITS, A 180 FT DEEP SHAFT, AND 1600 FT OF OTHER WORKINGS. IN 1972 THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED TO ALPINE MINERALS, INC., AND SUBLEASED TO JACK WILSON. IN 1907, THE FIRST CLAIMS WERE STAKED ON THE VEINS OF THE PRESENT WORKINGS. IN 1910, SMALL-SCALE PRODUCTION WAS BEGUN LASTING FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BY THE 1910 MINING CO. FROM THEN UNTIL 1938, ONLY SPORADIC LEASING AND PROSPECTING OCCURD, UNTIL THE WEST COAST MINES CO. TOOK IT OVER IN 1937. BIGGEST PRODUCTION- 1941. LARGEST AG-PRODUCTION IN NEVADA AT THAT TIME. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Production): 1939-1940: 1677 TONS ORE YIELD $54,238 1941: 407 TONS ORE YIELDED 157 OZ AU, 13217 OZ AG, 2929 LB CU, AND 30894 LB PR (FROM SMELTER) AND 39598 TONS ORE MILLED ON THE PROBERTY YIELDED 5314 OZ AU, 453508 OZ AG, 71130LB CU, AND 1018842 LB. PB. A FEW THOUSAND TONS ORE WERE MINED AND SHIPPED IN 1954-55; AND ABOUT 100 TONS WERE MINED AND MILLED IN 1971.

Comment (Development): GREAT WEST GOLD AND SILVER WAS SAMPLING THE 585 AND 710 LEVELS OF THE WEST COAST MINE IN 1985 TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBILITY OF REOPENING. MERGER OF GREAT WEST GOLD AND SILVER AND WEST COAST MINES ANNOUNCED IN DEC. 1986. DRILL PROGRAM TO TEST DOWNWARD EXTENSION OF THE VEIN WAS PLANNED. REOPENING WAS ANNOUNCED IN EARLY 1987.

Comment (Deposit): THE MINE IS ON A SMALL KNOB ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE KRUM HILLS HOSTED IN SHALES AND SILTSTONES OF THE RASBERRY FM. MANY OF THE VEINS OCCUPY NE-TRENDING SHEARS WHILE OTHERS ONLY PARTLY FILL THE SHEARS; MOST DIP WEST AT STEEP ANGLES. DUMPS NEAR THE BIG SHAFT ARE EXTENSIVE AND FILLED WITH PYRITE, AND OTHER SULFIDES. SMALL ADITS ALONG NE SHEARS ARE REMNANTS OF EARLIER ACTIVITY IN THE CAMP. SAMPLE 2374 WAS A HIGH-GRADE CHALCOPYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, TETRAHEDRITE, AND POSSIBLY AU/AG MINERALIZATION. SAMPLE 2375 WAS A COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL FROM THE MAIN DUMPS, AND INCLUDED BRECCIAS WITH VISIBLE TETRAHEDRITE AND GALENA AS WELL AS ARSENOPYRITE AND PYRITE.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADITS, ECT.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: NE-TRENDING SHEAR ZONES CONTAIN DISCONTINUOUS VEINS OF QUARTZ. VEIN AVERAGES 17 INCHES WIDE

References

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE; E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 61. GRIMM, K.E., 1942, THE PARAGENESIS OF THE WEST COAST MINES ORE BODY, NEVADA; MA THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY #6. QUADE, JACK, 9 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #7. NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR-3. #8. PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1984-87, NBMG FILE 146. #9. MINE SEARCH ANNUAL, 1984-85, VOL. VII., P. 489-491, METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, COLORADO.

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 59.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM INF. CIRC. 6995.

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V.1972, UNPUBLISHED MEMO, HRI PROJECT NO 1238 , ON FILE AT NBMG.

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.