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Teichart Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Selenium, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044397
MRDS ID M231810
Record type Site
Current site name Teichart Mine
Alternate or previous names Antimony, Fredrick C., Lead King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.29593, 38.88825 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position IN NORTH TWIN RIVER CANYON; 2.3 MILES S-SE OF TOIYABE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky 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)

Arc Dome Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 012N 042E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Selenium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE OF ORE ASSAYED 0.1 OZ AU, 6.9 OZ AG, 31.3 % SB, 4.4 % PB, 10.1% ZN, TRACE OF SELENIUM AND COPPER.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.29593, 38.88825
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85W(1) N70W (2)N45W
    Dip 90(1) 75NE (2)85SW
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gouge Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GRANODIORITE IS COMPOSED OF 65 % ORTHOCLASE, 30 % QUARTZ, 2 % ALBITE, AND 2 % BIOTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. J. F. Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Teichart, Alma A.
    Home office Sacramento, Ca
  • Type Owner
    Owner Knowles, Claire G.
    Home office Sacramento, Ca

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, TWO SHAFTS, AND A WINZE.

Comments on development

  • MAY HAVE BEEN EXPLORED IN 1959 FOR PB,AG,AU,CU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 187.

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61, P. 141-142

  • 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
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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