Mine detail: Preachers Mine

Previously called 'Pine Nut ConsolidatedNBMG Sample Site # 3298'

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Location: Douglas County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.87019, -119.62488
dep_id: 10037734
mrds_id: M035915
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicification, Epidote Coats Joint Surfaces And Fractures.
Reporter: Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.), Tingley, J.V., Doebrich, J.L., Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: Ns Shear Zone. 2-5 Ft Wide At Exposure.
References:
  • Deposit:: HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS, BULL. 594 .
  • Deposit:: BOILEAU, J. W., 1910 , ENGINEERS REPORT OF THE PINE NUT CONSOL., UNPUBL. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE.
  • Deposit:: NBMG SAMPLE #3298 IN TINGLEY, J.V. FILES.
  • Production:: F( 2 )
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