The Vega Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.78611, -117.69556
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Vega Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vega Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865) ; Mineral Ridge 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1892
Discovery Year: 1892
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Post-Ore Faults Striking N To Ne; Crushing.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Post-Ore Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): ABOUT 1892, IT PRODUCED ABOUT $3000 WORTH OF ORE TREATED IN A CUSTOM 2-STAMP MILL AT TARANTULA SPRINGS
Comment (Development): WORKED ABOUT 1892, WITH ORE TREATED IN A CUSTOM 2-STAMP MILL OPERATING AT TARANTULA SPRINGS.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ LENS WHICH DIMINISHES TO NOTHING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS IN ABOUT 50 FEET.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): ALASKITE SHOWS 2 DISTINCT GENERATIONS OF CRYSTALLIZATION REPRESENTED BY LARGE ORTHOCLASE GRAINS WITH A FINE INTERSTITIAL MOSAIC OF QUARTZ, MICROCLINE AND ORTHOCLASE.
References
Reference (Production): SPURR, J.E., 1906, P. 65
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 55
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.
