Peterson Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044238
MRDS ID M231612
Record type Site
Current site name Peterson Mine
Alternate or previous names Unpatented War Eagle Claims Staked 1973 According To Field, Examination of Aug, 1981

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.55177, 39.12964 (WGS84)
Elevation 2512
Relative position ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WAR EAGLE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 039E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW, NW, SEC 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Weak Propylitic Alteration, Oxidation Of Sulfides.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intermediate silicic ash flow tuff

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S TO N40E
    Dip 60SE
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jackson District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Theresa Messner
    Home office San Francisco, Ca
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT INCLINE SHAFT AND THREE ADITS. PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 79

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF A PART OF THE SHOSHONE MOUNTAINS: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MAP 38.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION 08 AUG,1981.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 79.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE, MASSIVE CRUSTIFIED QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.