The Quailey Mine is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 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
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.3175, -118.50111
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Quailey Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quailey Mine
Secondary: Excelsior Mtn. Co.
Secondary: Amalgamated Copper Co.
Secondary: Qualey
Secondary: Quality
Secondary: Sulfide
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Whiskey Flat
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
Owner Name: Ladd Enterprises
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: An East Trending Mineralized Fault, Dips From 70 Deg. South To Vertical Is Cut In Lower Adit
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Calcification, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE IN A GANGUE OF QTZ. AND ALTERED HORNFELS MATERIALS
Comment (Deposit): LADD ENTERPRISES PURCHASED PROPERTY IN MAY OF 1977 , 5,000 TONS OF COMMERCIAL QUALITY ORE WAS STOCKPILED AT THE MINE FROM EARLIER PRODUCTION. CURRENT PRODUCTION IS TRUCKED 56 MI. TO THE COMPANYS 200 - TPD MILL AT MINA
Comment (Location): SINGLE ADIT DESIGNATION ON QUAD 1.7 MILES WEST OF RATTLESNAKE WELL
Comment (Production): SELECTED SAMPLES DERIVED FROM OLD WORKINGS WERE USED FOR PERCENTAGE FIGURES. PAST PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): AFTER A LAPSE OF 65 YEARS, LADD ENTERPRISES INC. IS ACTIVELY WORKING THIS SITE
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS, 1,560 FT. AND 1,200 FT., CONNECTED BY A 300 FOOT RAISE
Comment (Geology): MINE AREA UNDERLAIN BY ROCKS OF THE EXCELSIOR FORMATION THAT HAVE BEEN INTRUDED AND METAMORPHOSED TO HORNFELS AND TACTITE BY GRANODIORITE WHICH OCCURS AS DIKES IN THE AREA
References
Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975 , VOL. 176 , NO. 11 , P 240
Reference (Deposit): 1927 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO
Reference (Deposit): 1954 RECON DMEA - 3289 (CONF.)
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58
Reference (Production): E & MJ ( F4 )
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): DMEA - 3289 (CONF.)
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923 , MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEV. ; RENO NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P 137 - 157
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.
