The Quartette Mine is a gold, copper, lead, and silver mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.4525, -114.92028
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Quartette Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartette Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Searchlight
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Searchlight Gold Corp.
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Post Mineral Faults Offset The Vein In Various Places
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU: AG = 1:1
Materials
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Mottramite
Ore: Linarite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Galena
Ore: Brochantite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE IS SOFT SHATTERED MASS OF ALTERED COUNTRY ROCK MINGLED WITH THE ORE MINERALS. GOOD ORE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CHRYSOCOLLA WULFERITE VERY COMMON BUT DOES NOT INDICATE ORE, LIKEWISE WITH HEMATITE
Comment (Location): SOUTHERN MOST IN THE DISTRICT
Comment (Production): QUARTETTE IS LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT, CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION IS FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT, QUARTETTE ACCOUNTED FOR 64% OF THE AU, 21% AG, 58% CU, AND 13% PB OF THE TOTAL
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 13 PATENTED CLAIMS. THE VEIN CROPS OUT IN THREE OF THEM
References
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL CR, PAMPEYAN EH, BOWYER B, ROBERTS RJ, 1965 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 62 P. 201
Reference (Production): CALLAGAN, 1939
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. 1939, GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO. USGS BULL 906-D P. 161-164
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
