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Life-Preserver Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10046870
MRDS ID M242094
Record type Site
Current site name Life-Preserver Group
Alternate or previous names Part of Landmark-Life Preserver Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78645, 37.28885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tolicha Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 046E 35,36, Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW OF AND ADJACENT TO LANDMARK MINE . UTM IS TO ONE PROSPECT ON THE CLAIM GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.78645, 37.28885
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 60 SE
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone-Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAMPLE 1914 FROM OUTCROP OF QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL-, N30E. SAMPLE 1916 IS FROM A N5E-TRENDING QUARTZ BRECCIA VEIN THAT IS STRONGLY OXIDIZED., 12-15 FT WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Tolicha District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARS OF $15 ORE SHIPPED BY GEORGE WINGFIELD ABOUT 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NOT ACCESSIBLE IN 1982-SURFACE TRENCHES, PITS.

Comments on development

  • WORKED IN ABOUT 1920'S BY WINGFIELD INTERESTS BEFORE ACTIVITY BEGAN AT LANDMARK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 12-5-82.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50, P. 167-168.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H., 1972, NBMG BULL 77, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    NORBERG, J.R., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE NELLIS A.F.B., ETC., USBM REPT.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEV. NEWS LETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F., 1921, NBMG FILE 253, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    SMELTER RETURN, 1940, NBMG FILE 253, ITEM 7.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME VEIN SYSTEM AS AT LANDMARK MINE-BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED
Deposit NBMG SAMPLE NOS. 1914, 1916 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1983 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

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