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Governor 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040303
MRDS ID M055015
Record type Site
Current site name Governor Mine
Alternate or previous names Pangburn Property, Hunt Property, Sheep Corral Workings, Silver Fox Mine, Fox Mine
Related records 10174101

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.62038, 41.14462 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 3 MI W OF BIG BUTTE

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(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 38N 47E 25 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Alunite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Opal Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ORE RAN 2 TO 15 LBS PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.62038, 41.14462
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Drag Folds Along Steep Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Filling And Dissemination Along Fractures And A Steep Fault In Opalite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PRETERTIARY QUARTZITE AND CHERT NEARLY EVERYWHERE MANTLED BY TERT. VOLCANICS. MIOCENE RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE FLOWS AND TUFF TILTED, BEVELLED, OVERLAIN BY FLAT - LYING RHYOLITIC TUFFS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Production years 1932-1936, 1940-1941

Mining district

District name Ivanhoe District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. V. Pangburn
  • Type Owner
    Owner Governor Mercury Mines, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period To 1962
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2-15 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 3840g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • LAST OPERATED 1947.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    GRANGER ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES DIP STEEPLY ALONG FAULT AND LIE FLAT IN OPALITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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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