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Preachers Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037734
MRDS ID M035915
Record type Site
Current site name Preachers Mine
Alternate or previous names Pine Nut Consolidated, NBMG Sample Site # 3298
Related records 10310342

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.62488, 38.87019 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 8 MI. SE OF GARDNERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Double Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 021E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Epidote Coats Joint Surfaces And Fractures.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.62488, 38.87019
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ns Shear Zone. 2-5 Ft Wide At Exposure.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N
    Dip 45 SW
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO VEIN SYSTEMS. VEINS VARY FROM 1 INCH TO TWO FEET IN WIDTH. THE SHEAR ZONE IS IRREGULAR IN WIDTH, IT IS LENTICULAR, IRON-OXIDE STAINED AND LACED WITH THIN VUGGY, COCKSCOMB QUARTZ VEINS. QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN VUGS ARE CLEAR & DRUSY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gardnerville

Comments on the production information

  • TEST PITS AT SURFACE YIELDED 3 TO 9 DOLLARS PER TON IN 1910 . 100 PLUS TONS OF GOOD ORE STOCKPILED IN 1910 . 400 ASSAYS, INCLUDING SURFACE ORES, GAVE A TOTAL AVERAGE OF $6.40 PER TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT CROSSCUT, 100 FT SHAFT AT MOUTH OF ADIT. ADIT PORTAL IS OPEN AND ADIT DRIVEN TO INTERSECT VEINS. PROSPECT SHAFT OR STOPE ON OUTCROP OF EASTERN VEIN.

Comments on development

  • STAMP MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY IN 1905, WAS ACTIVE AT LEAST UNTIL 1908.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS, BULL. 594 .

  • Deposit

    BOILEAU, J. W., 1910 , ENGINEERS REPORT OF THE PINE NUT CONSOL., UNPUBL. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE.

  • Deposit

    NBMG SAMPLE #3298 IN TINGLEY, J.V. FILES.

  • Production

    F( 2 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE FILLINGS
Deposit SIZE OF CLAIMS 600 X 1500 FEET. THE CAMP AREA AT THE ADIT PORTAL HAS BEEN OCCUPIED WITHIN THE LAST 5 TO 10 YEARS, AREA IS STREWN WITH JUNK. ONLY THE FOUNDATIONS AND ENDS OF TIMBER OF THE 1905-ERA STAMP MILL CAN BE FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1989 Tingley, J.V. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Doebrich, J.L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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