Pepper Mine?

The Pepper Mine? is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,040 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Pepper Mine?  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.34139, -118.17778

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Pepper Mine? MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pepper Mine?


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


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

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization, Sericitization Of Andesitic Rock


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ANDESITE IS THOUGHT TO BE INTRUSIVE INTO WATER LAID SERIES; REFER TO RECORD NO. M035392

Comment (Workings): 100 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT

Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION; .2 MI SOUTH OF GEM MINE


References

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS BULL 594


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.