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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045522
MRDS ID M233289
Record type Site
Current site name Governor Mine
Alternate or previous names Hunt Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.61983, 41.14462 (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(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 047E 25 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Replacement, Formation Of Opalite

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.61983, 41.14462
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North Trending Stines Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, TABULAR
    Strike N.NE
    Dip NW
    Length 914.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE STINES FAULT ZONE STRIKES SLIGHTLY EAST OF NORTH AND DIPS STEEPLY NORTHWEST. AT MOST LOCALITIES THE HANGING WALL IS RHYOLITC ASH & TUFF, WHEREAS THE FOOTWALL IS BASALT. OPALITE HAS BEEN FORMED FROM THE HANGING WALL ROCKS. CINNABAR IS PRESENT DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE OPALITE. HOWEVER THE ORE BODIES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND WERE SMALL, ERRATIC IN DISTRIBUTION, AND OF FAIRLY LOW GRADE (BAILEY & PHOENIX 1944)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Mining district

District name Ivanhoe

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY CLOSELY-SPACED TRENCHES & ADITS WHICH EXPLORE THE SILICIFIED STINES FAULT ZONE FOR OVER 3000 FT. ALONG STIKE

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 LOCATED ON THE HUNT PROPERTY. TOGETHER W/ THE FOX MINE ON THE PANGBURN PROPERTY, THEY FORM THE GOVERNOR GROUP. THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF MANY CLOSELY SPACED TRENCHES AND ADITS, WHICH EXPLORE THE SILICIFIED STINES FAULT ZONE FOR OVER 3000 FT ALONG STRIKE. BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944 PL. 4) HAVE PUBLISHED A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit OPALITE HAS BEEN FORMED ALONG THE HANING WALL OF THE STINES FAULT ZONE. CINNABAR IS DISSEMINATED IN OPALITE.

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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