The Vesuvius Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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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: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.08167, -114.61417
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Vesuvius Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vesuvius Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Bristol-Jackrabbit 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1921
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.017 Oz/T Au
Year: 1914
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.02 Oz Au, 9.76 Oz Ag, 4.95% Pb/Ton, 7% Cu, 7.5% Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): AREA UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTH SIDE OF TRAMWAY HILL ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN THE GYPSY AND THE INMAN SHAFTS. A SHORT DISTANCE NE OF THE NATIONAL MINE AND HIGHER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): REPORTED THAT THE!MINE PRODUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF SMELTING ORE PRIOR TO 1906
Comment (Development): PROPERTY IDLE IN 1924
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE AT INTERSECTION OF AN E-W FISSURE AND SEVERAL N25E FISSURES ALONG WHICH THE TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN. CROSSING THE STOPE IS A STRONG VERTICAL N5W FISSURE ON WHICH THE WINZE WAS SUNK. 2 BEDDED DEPOSITS ABOUT 50 FT APART ARE EXPOSED IN THE WORKINGS. REPLACEMENT OCCURS S OF A N60E FISSURE WHICH DIPS 45S EXPOSED IN THE BACK OF THE LOWER FLAT ROOMLIKE STOPE. LARGEST OREBODY WAS WEST OF A N16W VERTICAL FRACTURE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STOPES. TWO BEDDED DEPOSITS ABOUT 50 FT APART ARE EXPOSED IN THE WORKINGS. THE LOWER CONSISTS OF LEAD AND ZINC CARBONATE CLEARLY REPLACING DARK LIMESTONE, 2-3 FT THICK WITH REGULAR FLOOR BUT IRREGULAR ROOF, 50 BY 100 FT IN HORIZONTAL DIMENSIONS. THE UPPER BED, 18-24 INCHES IN THICKNESS CARRIES MUCH MORE COPPER CARBONATE THAN DOES THE LOWER BED BUT ALSO CONTAINS BOTH PB AND ZN CARBONATES. IT OCCURS ABOVE AND S OF THE N60E FISSURE AND WEST OF THE VERTICAL N-S BREAK. BOTH OREBODIES OCCUR IN NEARLY PURE LIMESTONE ABOVE BEDS OF VERY DENSE
Comment (Deposit): SILICEOUS SHALEY LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): 200-FT TUNNEL, 50-FT VERTICAL WINZE (IN 1924) WITH ABOUT 75 FT OF DRIFTING AT ITS BOTTOM AND A LARGE INCLINED STOPE ON AND ABOVE THE TUNNEL LEVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G., & KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV., USGS P.P. 171, P. 70.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 21; 1924 UNPUB. REPORT BY G.W. CRANE
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, USGS BULL 648, P. 132-133
Reference (Production): NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6; NBMG OPEN FILE 171, ITEM 20
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.
