The Violet Claim is a molybdenum, gold, and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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:
Commodity: Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.30472, -116.68472
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Violet Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Violet Claim
Secondary: Tenabo
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Country Rocks Pyrometa Somatized To Horntels And Calc-Silicate Skarn, Adjacent To Tenabo Stock.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEAMS OF MOLYBDENITE ALONG JOINT PLANES
Comment (Geology): THE SILICEOUS COUNTRY ROCKS CONTAIN SMALL SEAMS OF MOLYBDENITE ALONG JOINT PLANES (EMMONS 1910)
Comment (Deposit): THE ORIGINAL WORKINGS COMPLETED IN THE EARLY 1900'S CONSIST OF A 250 FOOT DEEP SHAFT AND SUBSIDARY DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS
Comment (Development): ORIGINAL WORKINGS IN THE EARLY 1900'S CONSISTED OF A 250-FT SHAFT, AND SUBSIDIARY DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS. NO. 70., REFERENCE NO. 3201500163
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS., USGS BULL 408
Reference (Deposit): WRUCKE C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV. USGS MAP-647
Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., 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.
