Mine detail: Pamlico Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

38.45548, -118.47289

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR LENSES
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1886

Geology

Host rock:	Excelsior Formation;Gold Range Formation
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Folding, Faulting And A Certain Degree Of Reverse Faulting, Pamlico Anticline Trends Nw, Derived On Basis Of Relation Between Latite Tuff And Agglomerate Unit With Overlying Rhyolitic Tuff; This Contact Forms Main Localizing Structure For Pamlico Veins
Alteration processes:	Wall Rocks Adjacent To Veins Show Chloritization, Argillation, Seritication

References

MRDS	M035292
DEP	10037453
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEVADA, USGS, BULL. 594}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV., USBM, INFORMATION CIRCULAR}{Deposit:: ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58}{Deposit:: ARCHBOLD, PAUL, 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PAMLICO MINING DIST., MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74}{Deposit:: 1915 RECON HILL, J. M., USGS BULL. 594}{Deposit:: 1923 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. COMPANY}{Deposit:: 1937 RECON US BM, INFORMATION CIRCULAR}{Deposit:: 1970 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 74}{Production:: ARCHBOLD, PAUL, 1970 , F ( 4 )}
Reporter	Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.)