Peggy Group Mine

The Peggy Group Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Peggy Group Mine
Secondary: Vail Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Wigglesworth, J. M.
Years: 1935 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1936
Discovery Year: 1916
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Faulting At Depth

Type: L
Description: E-W And Nw-Trending Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.2% CU
Analytical Data: 18.33 OZ/T AG
Analytical Data: 0.14 OZ/T AU

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver

Comments

Comment (Geology): VEIN 6 INCHES TO 3 FEET WIDE. ORE IS QUARTZ AND TALCOSE MATERIAL WITH FE AND MN-STAINING

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1916 BY JASPER VAIL, IN LONG CREEK CANYON, 4 CLAIMS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY LESSEES, WITH PRINCIPAL PRODUCTION IN 1935 BY J.M. WIGGLES WORTH WHO SHIPPED 458 TONS ORE, AVERAGING ABOUT $14.74 PER TON. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF AN ADIT, SEVERAL SHAFTS AND OTHER SCATTERED SURFACE WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): PRINCIPAL PRODUCTION IN 1935

Comment (Deposit): FISSURE, FRACTURES, FAULTS

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1935 TO 1936 FROM 458 TONS ORE

Comment (Workings): ADIT, SHAFTS, SCATTERED SURFACE WORKINGS

Comment (Location): ABOVE MOUTH OF VAIL CANYON

References

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939 RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO, NEV: USBM INF. CIR. 7043

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEV; U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965

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.