The Peterson Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,241 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,241 Feet (2,512 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.12972, -117.55083
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Peterson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peterson Mine
Secondary: Unpatented War Eagle Claims Staked 1973 According To Field
Secondary: Examination of Aug
Secondary: 1981
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Theresa Messner
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Weak Propylitic Alteration, Oxidation Of Sulfides.
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW, NW, SEC 36
Comment (Deposit): WHITE, MASSIVE CRUSTIFIED QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT INCLINE SHAFT AND THREE ADITS. PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 79
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF A PART OF THE SHOSHONE MOUNTAINS: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MAP 38.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION 08 AUG,1981.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 79.
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.
