The Velvet Mine is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Velvet Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Velvet Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Butte Quicksilver Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Replacement, Formation Of Opalite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GENERALLY CONTAINS 3.5 LBS HG/TON (BAILEY)
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Development): PART OF THE BUTTE QUICKSILVER MINING CO'S PROPERTY, BUT A SEPARATE MINE
Comment (Production): ORE GENERALLY CONTAINS 3.5 LB. HG/TON
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS DISSEMINATED THROUGH AN OPALITE 20 NE. BED 3-10 FT THICK
Comment (Geology): THE BLANKET DEPOSIT WHICH RANGES FROM 3 TO 12 FEET IN THICKNESS, HAS BEEN EXPLORED FOR 240 FEET ALONG STRIKE AND 125 FEET ALONG DIP, ITS COMPLETE LIMITS HADN'T BEEN DELINEATED IN 1944. A FEW VEINLETS OF CINNABAR ARE PRESENT AS OFF SHOOTS BELOW THE MAIN BLANKET DEPOSIT OF CINNABAR DISSEMINATED THROUGH A STRATIGRAPHICALLY CONTROLLED OPALITE ZONE.
Comment (Deposit): PART OF THE BUTTE QUICKSILVER MINING COMPANY'S PROPERTY, THE MINE IS ACTUALLY SEPARATE FROM THE BUTTE WORKINGS. GRANGER (1956 P.80) HAS A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 41
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.
