The Velvet Gold Mines is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Velvet Gold Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Velvet Gold Mines
Secondary: Houskin Claims
Secondary: Land-Ringle Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1478,2594.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Velvet District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Santa Fe Minerals
Years: 1985 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicificaon
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1478, CHIP SAMPLE FROM SILICIFIED RUBBLE ZONE AND SILICIFIED TUFF ALONG SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS 10 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 0.2 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 70 PPM LA, 70 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 70 PPM LA, 70 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR, AND 3.6 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS. SAMPLE 2594, GRAB FROM DUMP AND VEIN CONTAINS 1.5 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS, 0.7 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.15 % TI, 150 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 10 PPM MO, 50 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RHYOLITE TUFFS, TUFFACEOUS SEDIMENTS AND FLOWS, ANDESITIC FLOWS AND BRECCIAS INTRUDED BY RHYOLITE PLUGS. MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS QUARTZ VEINS ALONG NE- AND NW-TRENDING FRACTURES. SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A N20W, 75 SW SHEAR ZONE-SILICIFIED RUBBLE ZONE WITH RUBBLE CONSISTING OF ROUNDED FRAGMENTS OF DARK FINE-GRAINED SILICA IN MATRIX OF SERICITE. ROCK IS ARGILLIZED ALONG STRUCTURE, RESEMBLING THE ALTERATION ALONG A HOT SPRING CONDUIT. BASIN SURROUNDING OLD MINE APPEARS TO BE BLEACHED AND ARGILLICALLY ALTERED, WITH ALTERATION CONFINED BELOW A FLOW BOUNDARY LOCATED ABOUT HALF-WAY UP THE BASIN WALL. LARGEST WORKINGS IN THE DISTRICT ARE ALONG THE N20W-N70E STRUCTURES, ALTHOUGH OTHERS HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED. LARGE AMOUNTS OF HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA CAN BE SEEN ON THE DUMPS APPEARING TO FOLLOW MAJOR STRUCTURES.
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT, STOPES, DRIFTS, PROSPECT PITS, MANY SHAFTS.
Comment (Location): UTM TAKEN AT ONE OF SHAFTS
Comment (Development): IN 1984 THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF RECENT SURFACE EXPLORATION INCLUDING SHALLOW ROTARY DRILLING AND NEW 2 WK OLD CLAIM STAKES. IN 1985, SANTA FE WAS ACTIVELY PROSPECTING AND DRILLING THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PITS, SHALLOW SHTS, AND ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Geology): GOLD DEPOSITS ARE IN FAULTED LIGHT-COLORED RHYOLITES A SEMI-WELDED TUFFACEOUS RHYOLITES; SMALL QUARTZ VEINS AND SILICEOUS STRINGERS ALG IRON-STAINED JOINTS AND CREVICES.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6902.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH SUMMARY OF GEOLOGIC SURVEY 19551, V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO., P. 24.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 5 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #5. BONHAM, H.F., JR., MAY 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #6. NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3. #7. MASTERSON, DALLAM W. AND KYLE, RICHARDS, J., 1984, JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION; VOL. 20, P. 55-74.
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977
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.
