Life-Preserver Group

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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Mine Info

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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.