The Preachers Mine is a copper mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,761 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,761 Feet (1,756 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.87028, -119.62389
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Preachers Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Preachers Mine
Secondary: Pine Nut Consolidated
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site # 3298
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Gardnerville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ns Shear Zone. 2-5 Ft Wide At Exposure.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Epidote Coats Joint Surfaces And Fractures.
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Production): TEST PITS AT SURFACE YIELDED 3 TO 9 DOLLARS PER TON IN 1910 . 100 PLUS TONS OF GOOD ORE STOCKPILED IN 1910 . 400 ASSAYS, INCLUDING SURFACE ORES, GAVE A TOTAL AVERAGE OF $6.40 PER TON
Comment (Deposit): FRACTURE FILLINGS
Comment (Workings): 200 FT CROSSCUT, 100 FT SHAFT AT MOUTH OF ADIT. ADIT PORTAL IS OPEN AND ADIT DRIVEN TO INTERSECT VEINS. PROSPECT SHAFT OR STOPE ON OUTCROP OF EASTERN VEIN.
Comment (Geology): TWO VEIN SYSTEMS. VEINS VARY FROM 1 INCH TO TWO FEET IN WIDTH. THE SHEAR ZONE IS IRREGULAR IN WIDTH, IT IS LENTICULAR, IRON-OXIDE STAINED AND LACED WITH THIN VUGGY, COCKSCOMB QUARTZ VEINS. QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN VUGS ARE CLEAR & DRUSY.
Comment (Development): STAMP MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY IN 1905, WAS ACTIVE AT LEAST UNTIL 1908.
Comment (Deposit): SIZE OF CLAIMS 600 X 1500 FEET. THE CAMP AREA AT THE ADIT PORTAL HAS BEEN OCCUPIED WITHIN THE LAST 5 TO 10 YEARS, AREA IS STREWN WITH JUNK. ONLY THE FOUNDATIONS AND ENDS OF TIMBER OF THE 1905-ERA STAMP MILL CAN BE FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): BOILEAU, J. W., 1910 , ENGINEERS REPORT OF THE PINE NUT CONSOL., UNPUBL. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG SAMPLE #3298 IN TINGLEY, J.V. FILES.
Reference (Production): F( 2 )
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS, BULL. 594 .
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
