The Van Ness Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,921 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,921 Feet (2,719 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.64417, -116.97806
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Van Ness Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Van Ness Mine
Secondary: Ott Shaft
Secondary: Stovepipe Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Barcelona District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Homer Williams And John Connolly
Home Office: Tonopah, Nv.
Years: 1943 -
Owner Name: Reliance Minerals Corp.
Years: 1959 -
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10-20 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1928
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ore In Roof Pendant
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MINE YIELDED 38 LB HG PER FT. OF WORKINGS. GEN. LOW GRADE ORE.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED . PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 8 CLAIMS.
Comment (Development): DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1957
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES APPARENTLY SMALL
Comment (Workings): (WORKINGS IN 1942) LAST OPERATED 1942. CAVED. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF CROSSCUTS ADITS, DRIFTS, RAISES, TWO GLORY HOLES, AND A 135 FT INCLINED SHAFT (OTT).
Comment (Geology): ORDOVICIAN (?) PHYLLITES AND LIMESTONES INTRUDED BY GRANITE AND LOCALLY OVERLAIN BY TERT RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND AGGLOMERATE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): POSSIBLE POTENTIAL LOW GRADE ORE (1949)
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES (ARE ALL WITHIN THE CHERT) ARE NARROW AND ELONGATE PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING - N 70 W / 45 S
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 138.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 257.
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
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.
