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Pittsburg Mine

Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044084
MRDS ID M231409
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburg Mine
Alternate or previous names Morning Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.83761, 40.42213 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 19 MILES SSE OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 046E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense, Of Quartz Monzonite Porphyry

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quartzite
    Rock description Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.83761, 40.42213
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Roberts Mtns Thrust
Local Minor Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike WAND N30W
    Dip S STEEPLY
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 10 FEET LARGE ORE SHOOT-300 FT. LONG, MINED 500 FT DOWN DIP.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hilltop District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4827.9M
    Overall depth 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINES (PITTSBURG AND MORNINGSTAR) ARE DEVELOPED BY ABOUT 3 MILES OF INTERCONNECTED WORKINGS ON 7 LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • AN ENGLISH-OWNED COMPANY BEGAN MINING AT THE PITTSBURGH AND BUILT A MILL THAT OPERATED FROM 1837-1891. IN 1904 THE PITTSBURG AND MORNINGSTAR MINES WERE CONSOLIDATED.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231409

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, J.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88, PT II

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV: USBM INFO CIRC. 7043

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J. AND GATES, 0, 1965, TECTONIC AND IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN SHOSHONE RANGE, NEV., WITH SECTION ON ELON. GEOL. BY K. KETNER: USGS PROF. PAPER 465.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 10 FT THE LARGEST ORE SHOOT IS 30 FEET LONG AND WAS MINED 500 FT DOWNDIP
Deposit AN ENGLISH-OWNED COMPANY BEGAN MINING AT THE PITTSBURG AND BUILT A MILL IN THE CANYON BELOW THE MINE, CONNECTED TO IT BY A TRAMWAY. THE MILL OPERATED FROM 1887 TO 18919 IN 1904, THE PITTSBURG AND MORNING STAR MINES WERE CONSOLIDATED. MINES ARE DEVELOPED BY ABOUT 3 MILES OF INTERCONNECTED WORKINGS ON ( LEVELS, SPANNING 550 VERTICAL FEET IN THE PITTSBURG AND 925 VERT FEET IN THE MORNINGSTAR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology