Vashegyite Gem Manganese

The Vashegyite Gem Manganese is a manganese mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,280 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Vashegyite Gem Manganese
Secondary: Train Prospect
Secondary: John L. James Turquoise
Secondary: Tom Molly Mine
Secondary: Molly Nos. 1-3
Secondary: Kay Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Mh Claim Group 1983

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Gemstone

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): COMMODITY: GEMSTONE (TURQUOISE) DISCOVERD BY PERCY TRAIN IN 1910. MARKETED SMALL AMOUNT AS TRAINITE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS VASHEGYITE BY U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. JUDGED TOO SOFT FOR TRUE GEMSTONE. JOHN L. JAMES PROPERTY OWNER IN 1951; TOM COLLIGAN LOCATED CLAIM IN 1963 AND CALLED IT MOLLY NOS. 1-3, WORKED IT TILL 1981. LOCATED LATER AS KAY, KAY NO. 1 CLAIMS - EVALUATED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IN 1992. INVESTIGATED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FOR MANGANESE IN 1940- 0.5% MN -NO INTEREST.

References

Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-40, 1954, 1:125,000.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SAMPLES TOQ 944 AND 945 COLLECTED

Reference (Deposit): IN 1992.

Reference (Deposit): MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY

Reference (Deposit): REPORT 17, P. 25.

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, 1951, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50,

Reference (Deposit): P. 127.

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.K., 1924, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723,

Reference (Deposit): P. 94, 95, 96.

Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

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.