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