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Vega Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046767
MRDS ID M241975
Record type Site
Current site name Vega Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.69648, 37.78605 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 AIRMILES N 57 W FROM TOWN OF SILVER PEAK., 150m To Center Of General Area Of Mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 039S 07 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Post-Ore Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.69648, 37.78605
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Ore Faults Striking N To Ne; Crushing.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 15.54M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALASKITE SHOWS 2 DISTINCT GENERATIONS OF CRYSTALLIZATION REPRESENTED BY LARGE ORTHOCLASE GRAINS WITH A FINE INTERSTITIAL MOSAIC OF QUARTZ, MICROCLINE AND ORTHOCLASE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865) ; Mineral Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 1892, IT PRODUCED ABOUT $3000 WORTH OF ORE TREATED IN A CUSTOM 2-STAMP MILL AT TARANTULA SPRINGS

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • WORKED ABOUT 1892, WITH ORE TREATED IN A CUSTOM 2-STAMP MILL OPERATING AT TARANTULA SPRINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ LENS WHICH DIMINISHES TO NOTHING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS IN ABOUT 50 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-81 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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