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Peyton Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037169
MRDS ID M031045
Record type Site
Current site name Peyton Mine
Related records 10173662

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.12916, 35.50751 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES NE OF CRESCENT PEAK, 1/2 MILE S OF ROAD BETWEEN NIPTON CA AND SEARCHLIGHT, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCullough Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
028S 061E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.12916, 35.50751
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Late Tert And Normal Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN QUARTZ VEIN UP TO 1 FOOT WIDE STRIKING N AND DIPPING 45 W UNDERLYING A DIKE OF FINE GRAINED MONZONITE PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crescent

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO REPORTED PRODUCTION BUT MINE WAS ONCE EQUIPPED WITH A MILL AND WAS PROBABLY THE SOURCE OF A SMALL PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1956 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IVANPAH QUAD, CALIF. & NEVADA USGS PROF. PAPER 275 , P. 147 - 148 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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