The Quo Vadis is a gold and silver mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 2,799 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
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.95139, -114.99694
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Quo Vadis MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quo Vadis
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Alunite (Railroad Pass)
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Normal Fault Extending Sw 15 Miles Or More From Railroad Pass. East Plunging Anticline Extending Into Highland Spring Range.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Production): $33,462 PRODUCTION RECORDED FROM ALUNITE DISTRICT IN 1935 - 1936 . PROBABLE SMALL PRODUCTION BEFORE 1935 . ALL PRODUCTION PRESUMABLY FROM QUO VADIS MINE.
Comment (Geology): ORE IS IN QUARTZ VEINLETS IN SHEARED ANDESITE. SOME SILICIFICATION AND ALUNIZATION IN ANDESITIC VOLCANIC ROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 143 , 178
Reference (Production): LONGWELL ETAL, 1965
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.
