Mine detail: Preble Mine

Previously called 'Preble'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.99429, -117.39426

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Other material: Chalcopyrite, Clay, Goethite, Gold, Lepidocrocite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1972

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1984

Geology

References

MAS320130443
DEP10149235
Reference{Deposit:: ERICKSON, R. L., AND S. P. MARSH. GEOCHEMICAL,}{Deposit:: AEROMAGNETIC, AND GENERALIZED GEOLOGIC MAPS SHOWING}{Deposit:: DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF MERCURY AND ARSENIC,}{Deposit:: GOLCONDA AND IRON POINT QUADRANGLES, HUMBOLDT COUNTY,}{Deposit:: NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP}{Deposit:: MF-312, 1971, SCALE 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: AEROMAGNETIC, AND GENERALIZED GEOLOGIC MAPS SHOWING}{Deposit:: DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF ANTIMONY AND TUNGSTEN,}{Deposit:: MF-313, 1971, SCALE 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF GOLD AND COPPER, GOLCONDA AND}{Deposit:: IRON POINT QUADRANGLES, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S.}{Deposit:: GEOL. SURV. MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-314, 1971,}{Deposit:: DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF LEAD AND SILVER, GOLCONDA}{Deposit:: AND IRON POINT QUADRANGLES, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S.}{Deposit:: GEOL. SURV. MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-315, 1971,}{Deposit:: DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF MOLYBDENUM AND ZINC, GOLCONDA}{Deposit:: GEOL. SURV. MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-345, 1972,}{Deposit:: ERICKSON, R. L., AND S. P. MARSH. GEOLOGIC MAP OF}{Deposit:: THE GOLCONDA QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S.}{Deposit:: GEOL. SURV. GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ 1174, 1974,}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H. G., R. J. ROBERTS, AND S. W. MULLER.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY OF THE GOLCONDA QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.}{Deposit:: SURV. GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-15, 1952, SCALE 1:125,000.}{Deposit:: GALLI, P. E., J. S. LIVERMORE, AND L. G. REEVE.}{Deposit:: PINSON AND PREBLE GOLD DEPOSITS NEAR GOLCONDA, HUMBOLDT}{Deposit:: COUNTY, NEVADA. ABSTRACT IN GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION}{Deposit:: ASPECTS OF FINE-GRAINED, CARLIN-TYPE GOLD DEPOSITS. GEOL.}{Deposit:: SOC. NV AND MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES SYMP., RENO, NV, 1976,}{Deposit:: P. 3; AVAILABLE AT MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES, UNIV. NV, RENO,}{Deposit:: NV.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL (LONDON). NEW GOLD HORIZONS.}{Deposit:: V. 300, NO. 7702, 1983, PP. 201-202.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE (LONDON). PINSON, NEVADA - A NEW}{Deposit:: OPEN PIT GOLD MINE. V. 145, NO. 1, 1981, P. 5.}{Deposit:: MINING RECORD (DENVER). PINSON GOLD MINE AND}{Deposit:: INVISIBLE GOLD. V. 93, NO. 49, 1981, PP. 1, 3.}{Deposit:: NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). PINSON GOLD MINE}{Deposit:: IN PRODUCTION WITH EFFICIENT, AUTOMATED MILL. NV MIN.}{Deposit:: ASSOC. BULL., V. 5, NO. 2, 1981, PP. 2-3.}{Deposit:: PINSON MINING CO. PINSON MINING COMPANY, FIELD}{Deposit:: TRIP 1, SEDIMENT-HOSTED GOLD DEPOSITS. PAPER IN}{Deposit:: EXPLORATION FOR GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN}{Deposit:: CORDILLERA, FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY J. L. JOHNSON.}{Deposit:: SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV,}{Deposit:: MAR. 25-28, 1984, PP. FT1 11-15.}{Deposit:: PINSON MINING CO. COMPANY BROCHURE ON PINSON MINE.}{Deposit:: PRES. AT OPEN HOUSE, MAY 12, 1981, 7 PP.; AVAILABLE AT}{Deposit:: PINSON MIN. CO., WINNEMUCCA, NV.}{Deposit:: REEVES, L. PINSON/PREBLE. GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION}{Deposit:: ASPECTS OF FINE-GRAINED, CARLIN-TYPE GOLD DEPOSITS. A}{Deposit:: SYMP. PRES. BY GEOL. SOC. NV AND MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES,}{Deposit:: RENO, NV, MAR. 26, 1976, 14 PP.; AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST}{Deposit:: FROM MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES LIBRARY, UNIV. NV, RENO, NV.}{Deposit:: SCHILLING. J. H. THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY. NV}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPEC. PUBL. MI-1983, 1984, 40 PP.}{Deposit:: SKILLINGS, D. N., JR. PINSON MINING COMPANY MARKING}{Deposit:: FIRST FULL YEAR OF GOLD PRODUCTION. SKILLING*MIN. REV.,}{Deposit:: V. 71, NO. 28, 1982, PP. 8-12.}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT}{Deposit:: COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN}{Deposit:: 59, 1964, 154 PP.}{Deposit:: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPEC PUB #11, 1991,}{Deposit:: P 8.}{Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, P B11.}{Reserve-Resource:: MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES, RENO, NEVADA, MARCH 26, 1976.}{Reserve-Resource:: PEARCE, R. C., RAYROCK, SISCOE, LACANA TEAM LAUNCH PINSON}{Reserve-Resource:: PROJECT IN NEVADA, NORTHERN MINER, (TORONTO), V67, #11,}{Reserve-Resource:: 1981, PP. 1, A28-A29.}{Reserve-Resource:: LACANA MINING CORP., ANNUAL REPORT, 1982, 1983, P3.}{Reserve-Resource:: WALLACE (ID) MINER, PINSON PEGS FALL OPENING, AUG. 30,}{Reserve-Resource:: 1984, P1.}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.