Nevada · Pershing County
Producer

Nevada Packard Mine

Pershing County, Nevada, United States
SilverGoldCopperAntimonyArsenicBarium-BariteLead
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Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryCopper, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Lead
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typelode, stockwork, low-sulfide gold-quartz veins
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formtabular to irregular
Ore controlOre is controlled by faults, and fissures and sheeting
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Gold, Chalcopyrite, Galena
GangueQuartz, Pyrite, Sericite, Feldspar
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Weaver Rhyolite
StructureRocks in the range are folded into a broad anticline, broken by major north-trending faults and cross faults., The mine area is cut by NE-trending major fault zones including the Packard Mine fault.
AlterationHost rocks are sericitized.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1890
Last production1983
Discovery year1912
Identification
Deposit ID10310356
MRDS IDM060377
Alternate namesPackard Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.26157, -118.17986
References
Johnson, M.G., 1977, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Pershing County, Nevada: NBMG Bull. 89Knopf, A., 1924, Geology and Ore Deposits of Rochester District, Nevada: USGS Bull. 762Schrader, F.C., 1914, Rochester Mining District, Nevada: in USGS Bull. 580Sirdevan, 1913, Notes on the Packard Group, NBMG District File 291, Item 5.Shamberger, H. A., 1973, Rochester: Historic Mining Camps of Nevada, Vol. 4.NBMG Mining District File 291, Press Clippings.Bonham, H. F., Jr., 13 Sep 84, NBMG Field Examination and Sample Analyses.NBMG Staff, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.SEG Newsletter, April 2001.Newmont website, 2004Crafford, A.E.J. (ed.), 2003, GSN Road Log 44, Coal Canyon Road East from I80 Exit 112.Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation 2000 Annual ReportHarvey, David, Chadwick, Thomas, and Krewedl, Dieter, 2002, Geology and Mineralization in the Rochester and Nevada Packard Deposits, in Geological Society of Nevada Fall 2002 Field Trip Guidebook, Precious Metals Deposits of the Humboldt Range, New Discoveries in an Old District; GSN Special Publication No. 36.