The Vet Claims is a silver and molybdenum mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,440 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,440 Feet (1,658 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 40.73917, -117.51500
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Vet Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vet Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2318
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Gold Run District; Adelaide 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: Decker Exploration
Years: 1984 -
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2318 OF SELECT VEIN MATERIAL FROM DUMPS CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.003% TI, 100 PPM MN, 700 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 50 PPM BI, 2000 PPM CU, 700 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 15000 PPM PB, 3000 PPM SB, 100 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 2000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GROUP OF MINES APPEARS TO EXPLORE QUARTZ VEINS. A 15 CM WIDE QUARTZ VEIN EXPOSED IN THE PORTAL OF ONE ADIT MAY BE TYPICAL; PIECES OF VEIN MATTER ON THE DUMPS ALSO SUGGEST THAT THE VEINS MAY BE RELATIVELY NARROW. THE VEIN OBSERVED HAS AN ATTITUDE OF N 30 E, 30 SE. OTHER HORIZONTAL WORKINGS MAY EXPLORE THIS SAME VEIN FURTHER UPHILL. PRESUMABLY THE VEIN WIDTH WAS SOMEWHAT VARIABLE. THE QUARTZ VEIN MATTER IS CLEAR TO MILKY, USUALLY MASSIVE, BUT RARELY CRUSTIFORM OR DRUSY. ORE MINERALS ARE RARE IN THE SPARSE AMOUNT OF VEIN MATTER ON THE DUMPS. CHALCOCITE? AND GREEN OXIDE COPPER MINERALS ARE PRESENT. SUPERGENE CHALCOCITE APPEARS TO ENCLOSE GALENA. THE GRANITIC WALLROCK SEEMS RELATIVELY UNALTERED. A GREENISH, CHLORITIZED GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE? MATERIAL WAS OBSERVED ON ONE DUMP.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS; ALL OF THOSE EXAMINED WERE CAVED AT THE PORTAL. MODERATE SIZED DUMPS
Comment (Location): BETWEEN GREGG AND GRANITE CANYONS ON EAST SLOPE OF SONOMA RANGE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984. PROSPECTED FOR MOLYBDENUM IN EARLY 1970'S
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 27 JUL 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R, 1964, NBMG BULL 59.
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.
