Quartette Mine

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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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Quartette Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.