Vet Claims

The Vet Claims is a silver and molybdenum mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,440 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

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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.