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Velvet Gold Mines

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042442
MRDS ID M060237
Record type Site
Current site name Velvet Gold Mines
Alternate or previous names Houskin Claims, Land-Ringle Claims, NBMG Sample Sites 1478,2594.
Related records 10150010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.77932, 40.24017 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowry Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 029E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKEN AT ONE OF SHAFTS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicificaon

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1478, CHIP SAMPLE FROM SILICIFIED RUBBLE ZONE AND SILICIFIED TUFF ALONG SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS 10 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 0.2 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 70 PPM LA, 70 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 70 PPM LA, 70 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR, AND 3.6 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS. SAMPLE 2594, GRAB FROM DUMP AND VEIN CONTAINS 1.5 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS, 0.7 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.15 % TI, 150 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 10 PPM MO, 50 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.77932, 40.24017
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W
    Dip 75SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones (Joints And Crevices)

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD DEPOSITS ARE IN FAULTED LIGHT-COLORED RHYOLITES A SEMI-WELDED TUFFACEOUS RHYOLITES; SMALL QUARTZ VEINS AND SILICEOUS STRINGERS ALG IRON-STAINED JOINTS AND CREVICES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Year of first production 1939

Mining district

District name Velvet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Santa Fe Minerals
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT, STOPES, DRIFTS, PROSPECT PITS, MANY SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • IN 1984 THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF RECENT SURFACE EXPLORATION INCLUDING SHALLOW ROTARY DRILLING AND NEW 2 WK OLD CLAIM STAKES. IN 1985, SANTA FE WAS ACTIVELY PROSPECTING AND DRILLING THE PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6902.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH SUMMARY OF GEOLOGIC SURVEY 19551, V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO., P. 24.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 5 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #5. BONHAM, H.F., JR., MAY 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #6. NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3. #7. MASTERSON, DALLAM W. AND KYLE, RICHARDS, J., 1984, JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION; VOL. 20, P. 55-74.

  • Production

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RHYOLITE TUFFS, TUFFACEOUS SEDIMENTS AND FLOWS, ANDESITIC FLOWS AND BRECCIAS INTRUDED BY RHYOLITE PLUGS. MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS QUARTZ VEINS ALONG NE- AND NW-TRENDING FRACTURES. SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A N20W, 75 SW SHEAR ZONE-SILICIFIED RUBBLE ZONE WITH RUBBLE CONSISTING OF ROUNDED FRAGMENTS OF DARK FINE-GRAINED SILICA IN MATRIX OF SERICITE. ROCK IS ARGILLIZED ALONG STRUCTURE, RESEMBLING THE ALTERATION ALONG A HOT SPRING CONDUIT. BASIN SURROUNDING OLD MINE APPEARS TO BE BLEACHED AND ARGILLICALLY ALTERED, WITH ALTERATION CONFINED BELOW A FLOW BOUNDARY LOCATED ABOUT HALF-WAY UP THE BASIN WALL. LARGEST WORKINGS IN THE DISTRICT ARE ALONG THE N20W-N70E STRUCTURES, ALTHOUGH OTHERS HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED. LARGE AMOUNTS OF HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA CAN BE SEEN ON THE DUMPS APPEARING TO FOLLOW MAJOR STRUCTURES.
Deposit WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PITS, SHALLOW SHTS, AND ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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