Vellview #2, #3

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045879
MRDS ID M233743
Record type Site
Current site name Vellview #2, #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.63034, 40.08409 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walker Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
026N 056E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Mn Stains Near Area.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.63034, 40.08409

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF THE DRILL CUTTINGS LOOKED SEDIMENTARY, LMS, QTZITE, QTZ VEIN WERE FOUND IN THE FLOAT ON W. FLANK OF HILL. AV. VEIN 5IN WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chase

Comments on the workings information

  • SAMPLING TRENCHES, DRILLINGS.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL RECENT DRILL ROADS WITH BAGGED CUTTINGS LEFT TO HOLES, SOME OLD WORKINGS (SHALLOW CUTS) (PROSPECTS) ON W. SIDE OF HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.