The Virgin River Deposit is a manganese mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 1,601 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: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 36.19, -114.47000
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Virgin River Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virgin River Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Virgin River
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John A. Lytle, John H. Perkins
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Dimension stone - sandstone
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Se Plunging Syncline, Minor Ns Faults.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Evaporite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS { ASSAY PERCENT { SAMPLE NO. MN FE SIO2 INSOL. P AL2O3 ZN CAO S { 1 12.7 2.6 31.9 44.0 .100 11.4 0 6.3 { 2 22.7 2.2 25.8 35.2 .071 6.6 0 5.5 .05
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 58 TRENCHES, 48 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT, AND 18 DIAMOND DRILLED HOLES TOTALLING 4,277 FEET.
Comment (Geology): MN MINERALIZATION 9.1 % MN BEDS UNDERLAIN BY BASALT FLOWS AND OVERLAIN BY BEDS OF GYPSUM. DIPS RANGE FROM 20 - 45 DEG.
Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY BOAT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
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. 199 .
Reference (Deposit): TRENGOVE, R. R., 1959 , RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MN DEPOSITS, US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5446 P. 10 .
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.
