Forvilly Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044138
MRDS ID M231484
Record type Site
Current site name Forvilly Mine
Related records 10222419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20403, 40.29296 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 034E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SOUTH OF AND ADJACENT TO LINCOLN HILL MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bromyrite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20403, 40.29296

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE-SW
    Dip 80NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ IN VEIN IS VUGGY OR POROUS IN PLACES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENED MAINLY BY TWO 40-FT SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., 1915, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: IN USGS BULL.580

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS LIE ABOUT 20 FT APART. SOUTHEAST VEIN IS 3 FT WIDE AND NORTHWEST ONE IS WIDER. QUARTZ IN VEIN IS VUGGY OR POROUS IN PLACES.
Deposit OPENED MAINLY BY TWO 40-FT SHAFTS. ONE ON EACH OF TWO VEINS WHICH LIE ABOUT 20 FEET APART. SOUTHEAST VEIN IS 3 FEET WIDE AND NORTH WEST VEIN IS WIDER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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