USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Douglas County
Preachers Mine
Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground 1 mapped shaft 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Douglas
- Mining district
- Gardnerville
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Pine Nut Consolidated, NBMG Sample Site # 3298
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Ns Shear Zone. 2-5 Ft Wide At Exposure. Alteration: Silicification, Epidote Coats Joint Surfaces And Fractures. Deposit: Fracture fillings size of claims 600 x 1500 feet. The camp area at the adit portal has been occupied within the last 5…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 3 source records,
noting 1500 ft.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features · Mindat -
Portal
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 1500 ft.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : Mt. Siegel , 1957
- Adit : Double Spring , 1986
- Shaft : Mt. Siegel , 1957
View individual source records (7)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ces And Fractures. Deposit: Fracture fillings size of claims 600 x 1500 feet. The camp area at the adit portal has been occupied with… -
Portal
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: nd Fractures. Deposit: Fracture fillings size of claims 600 x 1500 feet. The camp area at the adit portal has been occupied within th… -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Pyrite
- Andesite
- Calcite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
View all 11 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Pyrite
- Andesite
- Calcite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Pyrite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (1)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 61086
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
- underground workings
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