The Fox Mine is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Fox Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fox Mine
Secondary: Pangburn Property
Secondary: Governor Group Silver Fox
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Pangborn, Mrs. Elfrida
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Replacement, Formation Of Opalite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS & CONNECTING DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF AN OPALITE BED OF CINNABAR-BEARING CHALCEDONIZED ASH AND TUFF, IN WHICH THE ORE RANGES FROM 4 TO 8 FEET IN THICKNESS. THE CINNABAR APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED BOTH W/ THE SILICA AND AFTER THE SILICA MINERALIZATION, FOR IT IS DISSEMINATED IN THE OPALITE AND ALSO CRUSTS LATER OPENINGS AND FRACTURES.
Comment (Deposit): ALONG W/ THE HUNT PROPERTY, THE FOX AND GOVERNOR WORKINGS BECAME CONSOLIDATED INTO THE GOVERNOR GROUP. THE PRINCIPLE WORKINGS ON THE PANGBURN PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THREE SHAFTS AND CONNECTING DRIFTS KNOWN AS THE FOX MINE. BAILEY AND PHOENIX (1944 P.14) HAVE PUBLISHED A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE AREA
Comment (Deposit): OPALITE BED OF CINNABAR-BEARING CHALCEDONIZED ASH & TUFF. ORE ZONE 4-8 FT IN THICKNESS
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 41
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.
