Quailey Mine

Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037462
MRDS ID M035327
Record type Site
Current site name Quailey Mine
Alternate or previous names Excelsior Mtn. Co., Amalgamated Copper Co., Qualey, Quality, Sulfide

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.50206, 38.31742 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position NORTH FLANK EXCELSIOR MOUNTAINS, 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whisky Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 031E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SINGLE ADIT DESIGNATION ON QUAD 1.7 MILES WEST OF RATTLESNAKE WELL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE IN A GANGUE OF QTZ. AND ALTERED HORNFELS MATERIALS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Calcification, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.50206, 38.31742

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description An East Trending Mineralized Fault, Dips From 70 Deg. South To Vertical Is Cut In Lower Adit

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 45 NW - 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Zone Along Mineralized Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE AREA UNDERLAIN BY ROCKS OF THE EXCELSIOR FORMATION THAT HAVE BEEN INTRUDED AND METAMORPHOSED TO HORNFELS AND TACTITE BY GRANODIORITE WHICH OCCURS AS DIKES IN THE AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer Roosevelt Mining Claim
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Whiskey Flat

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ladd Enterprises

Comments on the production information

  • SELECTED SAMPLES DERIVED FROM OLD WORKINGS WERE USED FOR PERCENTAGE FIGURES. PAST PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS, 1,560 FT. AND 1,200 FT., CONNECTED BY A 300 FOOT RAISE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F. C., 1923 , MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEV. ; RENO NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P 137 - 157

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    DMEA - 3289 (CONF.)

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975 , VOL. 176 , NO. 11 , P 240

  • Deposit

    1927 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO

  • Deposit

    1954 RECON DMEA - 3289 (CONF.)

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58

  • Production

    E & MJ ( F4 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AFTER A LAPSE OF 65 YEARS, LADD ENTERPRISES INC. IS ACTIVELY WORKING THIS SITE
Deposit LADD ENTERPRISES PURCHASED PROPERTY IN MAY OF 1977 , 5,000 TONS OF COMMERCIAL QUALITY ORE WAS STOCKPILED AT THE MINE FROM EARLIER PRODUCTION. CURRENT PRODUCTION IS TRUCKED 56 MI. TO THE COMPANYS 200 - TPD MILL AT MINA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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