The Teichart Mine is a antimony, silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 38.88833, -117.29500
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Teichart Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Teichart Mine
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Fredrick C.
Secondary: Lead King
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Selenium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Teichart, Alma A.
Home Office: Sacramento, Ca
Owner Name: R. J. F. Mining Co.
Owner Name: Knowles, Claire G.
Home Office: Sacramento, Ca
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Toiyabe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 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.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE GRANODIORITE IS COMPOSED OF 65 % ORTHOCLASE, 30 % QUARTZ, 2 % ALBITE, AND 2 % BIOTITE.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP.
Comment (Development): MAY HAVE BEEN EXPLORED IN 1959 FOR PB,AG,AU,CU.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, TWO SHAFTS, AND A WINZE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 187.
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61, P. 141-142
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.
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.
