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Vesuvius Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Iron, Copper, Zinc
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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. Land status
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047180
MRDS ID M242437
Record type Site
Current site name Vesuvius Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61501, 38.08163 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position SHORT DISTANCE NORTH EAST OF THE NATIONAL MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 066E 31,32,PROJECTED,FROM,EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTH SIDE OF TRAMWAY HILL ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN THE GYPSY AND THE INMAN SHAFTS. A SHORT DISTANCE NE OF THE NATIONAL MINE AND HIGHER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORTED THAT THE!MINE PRODUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF SMELTING ORE PRIOR TO 1906

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61501, 38.08163
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Dip 5N
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersections Of Fissures, Favorable Host Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1914
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.02 Oz Au, 9.76 Oz Ag, 4.95% Pb/Ton, 7% Cu, 7.5% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 8wt-pct
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 7wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 5wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 276g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
  • Year 1921
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.017 Oz/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • 200-FT TUNNEL, 50-FT VERTICAL WINZE (IN 1924) WITH ABOUT 75 FT OF DRIFTING AT ITS BOTTOM AND A LARGE INCLINED STOPE ON AND ABOVE THE TUNNEL LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY IDLE IN 1924

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G., & KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV., USGS P.P. 171, P. 70.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 21; 1924 UNPUB. REPORT BY G.W. CRANE

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, USGS BULL 648, P. 132-133

  • Production

    NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6; NBMG OPEN FILE 171, ITEM 20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE AT INTERSECTION OF AN E-W FISSURE AND SEVERAL N25E FISSURES ALONG WHICH THE TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN. CROSSING THE STOPE IS A STRONG VERTICAL N5W FISSURE ON WHICH THE WINZE WAS SUNK. 2 BEDDED DEPOSITS ABOUT 50 FT APART ARE EXPOSED IN THE WORKINGS. REPLACEMENT OCCURS S OF A N60E FISSURE WHICH DIPS 45S EXPOSED IN THE BACK OF THE LOWER FLAT ROOMLIKE STOPE. LARGEST OREBODY WAS WEST OF A N16W VERTICAL FRACTURE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STOPES. TWO BEDDED DEPOSITS ABOUT 50 FT APART ARE EXPOSED IN THE WORKINGS. THE LOWER CONSISTS OF LEAD AND ZINC CARBONATE CLEARLY REPLACING DARK LIMESTONE, 2-3 FT THICK WITH REGULAR FLOOR BUT IRREGULAR ROOF, 50 BY 100 FT IN HORIZONTAL DIMENSIONS. THE UPPER BED, 18-24 INCHES IN THICKNESS CARRIES MUCH MORE COPPER CARBONATE THAN DOES THE LOWER BED BUT ALSO CONTAINS BOTH PB AND ZN CARBONATES. IT OCCURS ABOVE AND S OF THE N60E FISSURE AND WEST OF THE VERTICAL N-S BREAK. BOTH OREBODIES OCCUR IN NEARLY PURE LIMESTONE ABOVE BEDS OF VERY DENSE
Deposit SILICEOUS SHALEY LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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