| Deposit ID | 10044049 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231369 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Peggy Group Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Vail Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.05177, 40.61851 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Relative position | 10 MILES SOUTH WEST OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Reese(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032N | 044E | 29 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Result | 0.14 OZ/T AU |
|---|---|
| Result | 18.33 OZ/T AG |
| Result | 0.2% CU |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Harmony Formation |
| Rock description | Harmony Formation |
| (1) | -117.05177, 40.61851 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Faulting At Depth |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | E-W And Nw-Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Discoverer | Jasper Vail |
| Year of first production | 1936 |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wigglesworth, J. M. |
| First year | 1935 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 3M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231369 |
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939 RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO, NEV: USBM INF. CIR. 7043
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOCATED IN 1916 BY JASPER VAIL, IN LONG CREEK CANYON, 4 CLAIMS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY LESSEES, WITH PRINCIPAL PRODUCTION IN 1935 BY J.M. WIGGLES WORTH WHO SHIPPED 458 TONS ORE, AVERAGING ABOUT $14.74 PER TON. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF AN ADIT, SEVERAL SHAFTS AND OTHER SCATTERED SURFACE WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | FISSURE, FRACTURES, FAULTS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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