Premier Mine

The Premier Mine is a copper mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Premier Mine

State:  Nevada

County:  Carson City

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 39.15917, -119.81389

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Premier Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Premier Mine
Secondary: Henry Quill Property Nbmg # 3604


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Cobalt


Location

State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Voltaire


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Henry Quill


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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Schist


Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF CARSON CITY BUT ADJACENT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY

Comment (Development): UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: $10,000 TO $100,000

Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT IN LIMEY QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST, FOLIATION STRIKES GENERALLY NORTH, DIPS 60 DEG W. COPPER-BEARING SULFIDE MINERALS OCCUR IN MASSIVE QUARTZ BODIES & IN SCHIST NEAR THE QUARTZ.

Comment (Geology): COPPER BEARING SULFIDE MINERALS OCCUR IN MASSIVE QUARTZ BODIES AND IN SCHIST

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL CAVED ADITS LOADING FACILITY AND REMNANTS OF A MILL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, JG, GEOL & MIN DEP, LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 75, 1969

Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, TD, MIN RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE COUNTIES, NBMG BULL 46, 1947

Reference (Deposit): TREXLER, DENNIS T, CARSON CITY FOLIO, GEOLOGIC MAP, NBMG, MAP 1AG

Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, VOLTAIRE MINING DISTRICT, CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 4-27-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES)


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.