Virginia-Louise Mine

The Virginia-Louise Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,830 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Virginia-Louise Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Prince Consolidated Mining Co.
Years: 1932 -

Production

Year: 1925
Time Period: 1918-1925
Material type: ORE PB-AG-ZN-MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 10% Zn
Year: 1927
Time Period: 1915-1927,1952-1957
Material type: ORE MN-PB-AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Some Up To 10-25% Pb, 35 Oz/T Ag, $2.50/Ton Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1978
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: BLANKET

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 3% PB, 3 OZ/T AG, 30% EXCESS FE, MN AND CAO,

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Braunite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Goethite
Unknown: Pyrolusite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE SHOOT WAS FIRST CUT IN THE SHAFT AT 150 FT DIPPING 17 SE. ABOVE THE MAIN BED IN THE SHAFT, ANOTHER BED OF ORE 20 FT THICK WAS FOUND. SHAFT WAS CONTINUED AND AT THE 381 FT LEVEL ANOTHER ORE BODY WAS FOUND 18 FT THICK. ANOTHER 1.5 FT OF RICH AG ORE WAS FOUND 45 FT BELOW THIS. HIGH-GRADE PB-AG ORE WAS MINED FROM TWO QUARTZ VEINS AND AN IRREGULAR SILICEOUS REPLACEMENT BODY IN THE VIRGINIA-LOUISE WORKINGS. 5 ORE BODIES IN ALL, 5-80 FT THICK

Comment (Workings): DRIFT DRIVEN FROM 321-FT LEVEL OF THE VERTICAL SHAFT SE 100 FT WHERE A CROSS-CUT WAS DRIVEN 40 FT W AND 120 FT E. MAIN DRIFT WAS THEN EXTENDED ANOTHER 50 FT AND A SECOND CROSSCUT RUN TO THE LIMESTONE ON THE EAST (1974) WORKINGS CONNECTED TO THOSE OF THE PRINCE AT 250 FT LEVEL

Comment (Development): 1 PATENTED CLAIM, 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS OVER 50 ACRES. VIRGINIA-LOUISE MINING CO. WAS FORMED IN 1912 AND SUNK A SHAFT THAT YEAR TO REACH EXTENSION OF PRINCE ORE BEDS. ORE WAS BLOCKED OUT BY END OF 1913 BUT WWI CLOSED THE MARKET FOR LOW-GRADE FLUXING ORE AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL SEPT 1918 THAT SHIPMENTS BEGAN. THERE WAS LITIGATION BETWEEN VIRGINIA LOUISE AND PRINCE CONSOLIDATED IN 1917 AND 1918 WHICH ENDED WITH A COMPROMISE WHEREBY VIRGINIA LOUISE COULD SHIP ORE OVER PRINCE CONS.' RAILROAD IN RETURN FOR RELEASE FROM A TRESPASS JUDGMENT. ORE SHIPPED IN 1920

Comment (Commodity): A LARGE AMOUNT OF ORE REMAINS UNMINED BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER IN DEMAND AS A SMELTER FLUX.

Comment (Location): ADJOINS PRINCE MINE ON THE SOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE LUMPED TOGETHER WITH THOSE OF THE ADJACENT PRINCE MINE. RESERVES (1922) 1,318,750 TONS POSSIBLE ORE

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 171 P. 60-67.

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1918, MINES HANDBOOK VOL. XIII, P. 1128; 1922, VOL. XV, P. 1368-1369.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ENG. & MIN. JOUR., CLIPPINGS, 1912, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175; 1920

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, J.C., 1922, ENG. & MIN. JOUR, VOL. 113.

Reference (Production): TSCHANZ, & PAMPEYAN, 1970, P. 130; COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943, P. 88.

Reference (Deposit): LINDSEY, J., 1912, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, ITEM 5.

Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.W., 1914, MIN. & SCI. PRESS, P. 486.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.M., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 128-129

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.