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Premier Mine

Past Producer in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Bismuth, Lead, Cobalt
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043881
MRDS ID M231174
Record type Site
Current site name Premier Mine
Alternate or previous names Henry Quill Property Nbmg # 3604

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.81489, 39.15907 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF CARSON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 019E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF CARSON CITY BUT ADJACENT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Schist

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.81489, 39.15907
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip 60 DEGREES W

Comments on the geologic information

  • COPPER BEARING SULFIDE MINERALS OCCUR IN MASSIVE QUARTZ BODIES AND IN SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Voltaire

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Quill

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT IN LIMEY QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST, FOLIATION STRIKES GENERALLY NORTH, DIPS 60 DEG W. COPPER-BEARING SULFIDE MINERALS OCCUR IN MASSIVE QUARTZ BODIES & IN SCHIST NEAR THE QUARTZ.

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: $10,000 TO $100,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, JG, GEOL & MIN DEP, LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 75, 1969

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, TD, MIN RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE COUNTIES, NBMG BULL 46, 1947

  • Deposit

    TREXLER, DENNIS T, CARSON CITY FOLIO, GEOLOGIC MAP, NBMG, MAP 1AG

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, VOLTAIRE MINING DISTRICT, CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 4-27-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL CAVED ADITS LOADING FACILITY AND REMNANTS OF A MILL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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