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Fox 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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045523
MRDS ID M233290
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Mine
Alternate or previous names Pangburn Property, Governor Group Silver Fox

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.61344, 41.1399 (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;037N 048E;048E 32,33;54 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Basalt, tuff, and breccia
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Permeable Horizon

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF AN OPALITE BED OF CINNABAR-BEARING CHALCEDONIZED ASH AND TUFF, IN WHICH THE ORE RANGES FROM 4 TO 8 FEET IN THICKNESS. THE CINNABAR APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED BOTH W/ THE SILICA AND AFTER THE SILICA MINERALIZATION, FOR IT IS DISSEMINATED IN THE OPALITE AND ALSO CRUSTS LATER OPENINGS AND FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ivanhoe

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pangborn, Mrs. Elfrida

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS & CONNECTING DRIFTS

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 OPALITE BED OF CINNABAR-BEARING CHALCEDONIZED ASH & TUFF. ORE ZONE 4-8 FT IN THICKNESS
Deposit ALONG W/ THE HUNT PROPERTY, THE FOX AND GOVERNOR WORKINGS BECAME CONSOLIDATED INTO THE GOVERNOR GROUP. THE PRINCIPLE WORKINGS ON THE PANGBURN PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THREE SHAFTS AND CONNECTING DRIFTS KNOWN AS THE FOX MINE. BAILEY AND PHOENIX (1944 P.14) HAVE PUBLISHED A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE AREA

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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