The Life-Preserver Group is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.28889, -116.78556
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Life-Preserver Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Life-Preserver Group
Secondary: Part of Landmark-Life Preserver Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tolicha District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): WORKED IN ABOUT 1920'S BY WINGFIELD INTERESTS BEFORE ACTIVITY BEGAN AT LANDMARK
Comment (Deposit): SAME VEIN SYSTEM AS AT LANDMARK MINE-BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NOT ACCESSIBLE IN 1982-SURFACE TRENCHES, PITS.
Comment (Geology): 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
Comment (Deposit): NBMG SAMPLE NOS. 1914, 1916 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): SW OF AND ADJACENT TO LANDMARK MINE . UTM IS TO ONE PROSPECT ON THE CLAIM GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): SEVERAL CARS OF $15 ORE SHIPPED BY GEORGE WINGFIELD ABOUT 1920
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 12-5-82.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50, P. 167-168.
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H., 1972, NBMG BULL 77, P. 41.
Reference (Deposit): NORBERG, J.R., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE NELLIS A.F.B., ETC., USBM REPT.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEV. NEWS LETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.
Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A.F., 1921, NBMG FILE 253, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): SMELTER RETURN, 1940, NBMG FILE 253, ITEM 7.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951.
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.
