The Valjay Gold Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,790 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,790 Feet (1,460 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.98639, -117.92972
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Valjay Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Valjay Gold Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Ten Mile District
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: Southern Pacific Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AND 0 TO 21.71 OZ/TON AG. SOUTHERN PACIFIC SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.030 OZ/T AU AND 0.4 OZ/T AG.
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAYED 0 TO 4.4 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM A PROMOTIONAL PROSPECTUS; NE-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE IS CUT BY DIKES. DIKES ARE ALTERED, SILICIFIED, IMPREGNATED WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS. GOLD AND SILVER VALUES OCCUR IN QUARTZ VEINS. SOME DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED IN 1976 - BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, SHEAR ZONE, CUT BY DIKES WHH ARE ALTERED, SILICIFIED, IMPREGNATED WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS
Comment (Location): IN THE TEN MILE HILLS
Comment (Development): SOME DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE IN 1976 (BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND)
References
Reference (Deposit): PRINGLE, D.W. (1978) PRIVATE REPORT, NBMG FILE 146, ITEM 6.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1064, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, P. 110.
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.
