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Veta Grande Mine and Mill

Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Silica, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037729
MRDS ID M035909
Record type Site
Current site name Veta Grande Mine and Mill
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site # 4447
Related records 10310515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.62321, 38.83519 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 10 MI. SOUTH OF GARDNERVILLE OFF 395. 2.5 MI W OF RUBY HILL MINE, 0.5 MILE EAST OF CARTER'S STATION ON U. S. HIGHWAY 395.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Double Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 021E 09,10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO MINE BUILDING SHOWN ON TOPO BELOW OLD WORKINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Silica Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Ore
Stephanite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.62321, 38.83519
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W Trending Faults; Nnw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form STREAKS
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 1524M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIN INTERBEDS OF METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. ORE OCCURS IN A VERY LARGE QUARTZ VEIN UP TO 50 FT. THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gardnerville (Eagle) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner High Technology Recovery Systems,Inc.
    Home office Clarence Sikkenga, Mine Manager, Rte #2, Box 114, Gard
    First year 1983

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE ASSAY 0.45 DOLLAR AU, 10 OZ. SILVER PER TON IN 1917

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 1587000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 169.413 g/mt Silver Major 1972
    Silica SiO2 92 wt-pct Silica Major 1972

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, TWO TUNNEL LEVELS, LARGE OPEN PIT.

Comments on development

  • MILL WAS SCHEDULED TO BE ADDED (1982) TO INCREASE CAPACITY BY 600 TPD. LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT AG AU MINE IN 1983 WITH MILL (GRAVITY CONCENTRATION, FLOTATION). THE OPERATION EMPLOYS A TOTAL OF 14 PERSONS. EARLIEST REFERENCE IS FROM 1917, WAS ACTIVE IN THE 1980'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN75 .

  • Deposit

    BRAY, J. C., 1917 , NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE REPORT (UNPUBL.)

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OFMINE INSPECTION, DEC, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, 1/28/82, "GOLD MINERS UNVEIL EXPANSION".

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J., GARSIDE, L.J., NBMG SAMPLE #4447 SITE VISIT, JULY 13, 1989.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE REPLACEMENT VEIN OF QUARTZ CONTAINING STREAKS OF ARGENTITE AND STEPHANITE WITH MINOR GOLD.
Deposit CLAIMS INCLUDE: OLLIE, ELIZABETH, VETA GRANDE, SASAKI, LILLIAN, FLORENCE. MINE REOPENED IN 1972 AS AN OPEN PIT OPERATION ALONG THE MASSIVE SILICA QTZ VEIN. STOCKPILING OF SILICA SANDS AND GOLD/SILVER CONCENTRATES. IN 1978 , CO. MERGED WITH VETA GRANDE MGMT. CO. TO FORM THE VETA GRANDE MINING CO. AND HAD 9 FULL TIME ON-SITE EMPLOYEES. NBMG SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM THE OPEN PIT ALONG THE VEIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1989 Quade, Jack U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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