The Vicksburg Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.83389, -118.69750
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Vicksburg Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vicksburg Mine
Secondary: Vicksburg Consolidated Mines
Secondary: Now Consolidated With Ashdown Mine To the South
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Warm Springs 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: Vicksburg Consolidated; American Copper And Nickel Bought It From The Cannon Family.
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2974 CONTAINS 0.7 % FE, 0.2 % MG, 1 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 0.5 PPM AG, 500 PPM BA, 30 PPM BE, 10 PPM BI, 10 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 1000 PPM MO, 50 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, AND 50 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED IN 1863 AND MINED INTERMITTENTLY EVER SINCE. MAIN AREA OF CAMP IS A LABYRINTH OF ROADS AND DRILL SITES BY AMERICAN COPPER AND NICKEL ALL WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS, ALTHOUGH ACTIVITY WAS TEMPORARILY HALTED AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984. 14 CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): TRIASSIC SEDIMENTS HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY LARGE MASSES OF BULL QUARTZ FROM GRANITIC SOURCES WHICH ALSO OUTCROP WITHIN THE AREA OF THE VICKSBURG SITE. SAMPLE 2947 IS FROM AN APLITE DIKE AND BRECCIATED VEIN NORTH OF THE VICKSBURG SITE.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Comment (Workings): MOST OF THE OLDER WORKINGS ARE EITHER FLOODED OR INACCESSIBLE AND MANY HAVE BEEN BULLDOZED OVER BY ROAD AND DRILL SITE CONSTRUCTION.
Comment (Geology): VICKSBURG VEIN LIES 1100 FT. N OF OUTCROPS OF THE ASHDOWN VEIN; 3 PARALLEL VEINS, THE LARGEST AND MOST PRODUCTIVE OF WHICH IS THE 12-FT WIDE NO 1 VEIN. THE NO. 2 AND NO. 3 VEINS ARE EACH ABOUT 4 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): VICKSBURG GROUP OF 14 MINING CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): 2 MILES S. OF DEFENSE MINE, ADJOINING ASHDOWN MINE
Comment (Commodity): NONE KNOWN, BUT ORE TONNAGE FROM THE VICKSBURG IS ESTIMATED AT 500,000 TONS WITH A COMBINED CU-AU-AG VALUE OF $12/TON (1967).
References
Reference (Deposit): HUTTON, A., 1967?, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE VICKSBURG CONSOLIDATED MINE; ON FILE AT NBMG
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.
