Quo Vadis

The Quo Vadis is a gold and silver mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 2,799 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Quo Vadis  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

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

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.