Pamlico Mines

The Pamlico Mines is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pamlico Mines

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne 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: Daugherty, E. H.
Home Office: Carson City, Nevada
Years: 1937 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

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

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN 1870'S AND 1880'S, MINOR PLACER ACTIVITY IN CANYON BELOW MINE IN 1912. WORKED INTERMITTENTLY IN LATER YEARS. PROPERTY IDLE IN 1936.

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE FOUR MAIN VEINS WITH STRIKES AND DIPS OF N65W, DIPS 27-55SW; N55-70W, DIPS 25-70NE; N30-80W DIPS 25-60NE; AND THE FOURTH PLUNGING 30 TO THE SE.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS AND SEVERAL MILES OF WORKINGS; ALSO ADITS AND SHAFTS SATELLITIC TO THE MAIN PAMLICO AREA.

Comment (Geology): FREE GOLD OCCURS AS NUGGETS AND WIRES.

References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 74

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

Reference (Deposit): HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO.

Reference (Production): ROSS, 1961

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.