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Peterson Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044158
MRDS ID M231518
Record type Site
Current site name Peterson Mine
Alternate or previous names Holiday Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.42589, 38.04189 (WGS84)
Elevation 2306

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellehelen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 050E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST WEST OF BELLEHELEN MERGER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.42589, 38.04189
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHORT SHOOTS AND PIPES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Control By Northwest-Trending Lineaments (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bellehelen District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fallini Brothers
    Home office Twin Springs

Comments on the production information

  • ORE VALUED AT $4,000 WAS REPORTEDLY SHIPPED IN 1935.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 600 FT ADIT AND OTHER SMALL ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 18

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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