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Velvet Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104024
MRDS ID M233288
Record type Site
Current site name Velvet Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.56011, 41.12212 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Creek Reservoir SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 048E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Replacement, Formation Of Opalite

Analytical data

Result ORE GENERALLY CONTAINS 3.5 LBS HG/TON (BAILEY)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Nearby scientific data

(1) Basalt, tuff, and breccia
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 73.15M
    Width 36.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Permeable Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BLANKET DEPOSIT WHICH RANGES FROM 3 TO 12 FEET IN THICKNESS, HAS BEEN EXPLORED FOR 240 FEET ALONG STRIKE AND 125 FEET ALONG DIP, ITS COMPLETE LIMITS HADN'T BEEN DELINEATED IN 1944. A FEW VEINLETS OF CINNABAR ARE PRESENT AS OFF SHOOTS BELOW THE MAIN BLANKET DEPOSIT OF CINNABAR DISSEMINATED THROUGH A STRATIGRAPHICALLY CONTROLLED OPALITE ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ivanhoe

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Butte Quicksilver Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ORE GENERALLY CONTAINS 3.5 LB. HG/TON

Comments on development

  • PART OF THE BUTTE QUICKSILVER MINING CO'S PROPERTY, BUT A SEPARATE MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURS DISSEMINATED THROUGH AN OPALITE 20 NE. BED 3-10 FT THICK
Deposit PART OF THE BUTTE QUICKSILVER MINING COMPANY'S PROPERTY, THE MINE IS ACTUALLY SEPARATE FROM THE BUTTE WORKINGS. GRANGER (1956 P.80) HAS A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. 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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