La Panta Mine

The La Panta Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: La Panta Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne (Pamlico) 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification

Rocks

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

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

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): NE CORNER SEC. 7

Comment (Development): WORKED IN 1880'S

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF TWO CLAIMS, THE LA PANTA AND ESMERALDA CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): ORE FORMS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES CONSISTING OF SILICEOUS, FERRUGINOUS, LOCALLY JASPEROIDAL, GOSSAN MATERIAL OCCUPYING A FRACTURE ZONE.

Comment (Workings): TWO-COMPARTMENT SHAFT AT LEAST 500 FEET DEEP ON THE ESMERALDA CLAIM, ALSO AN INCLINED SHAFT THAT INTERSECTS THE DEEP SHAFT ABOUT 150 FEET BELOW ITS COLLAR, A DRIFT, AND A SERIES OF STOPES TO SURFACE FROM THE DRIFT.

Comment (Geology): THE GOSSAN ZONE IS PARTLY CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND PARTLY SPREADS OUT PARALLEL TO BEDDING OF LIMESTONE. ORE DEPOSIT IS IN DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE NEAR THE INTRUSIVE GRANITE.

References

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

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

Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD & 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

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.