Quailey Mine

The Quailey Mine is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 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

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Site Name

Primary: Quailey Mine
Secondary: Excelsior Mtn. Co.
Secondary: Amalgamated Copper Co.
Secondary: Qualey
Secondary: Quality
Secondary: Sulfide

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Whiskey Flat

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

Owner Name: Ladd Enterprises

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: An East Trending Mineralized Fault, Dips From 70 Deg. South To Vertical Is Cut In Lower Adit

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Calcification, Silicification

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE IN A GANGUE OF QTZ. AND ALTERED HORNFELS MATERIALS

Comment (Deposit): LADD ENTERPRISES PURCHASED PROPERTY IN MAY OF 1977 , 5,000 TONS OF COMMERCIAL QUALITY ORE WAS STOCKPILED AT THE MINE FROM EARLIER PRODUCTION. CURRENT PRODUCTION IS TRUCKED 56 MI. TO THE COMPANYS 200 - TPD MILL AT MINA

Comment (Location): SINGLE ADIT DESIGNATION ON QUAD 1.7 MILES WEST OF RATTLESNAKE WELL

Comment (Production): SELECTED SAMPLES DERIVED FROM OLD WORKINGS WERE USED FOR PERCENTAGE FIGURES. PAST PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN.

Comment (Deposit): AFTER A LAPSE OF 65 YEARS, LADD ENTERPRISES INC. IS ACTIVELY WORKING THIS SITE

Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS, 1,560 FT. AND 1,200 FT., CONNECTED BY A 300 FOOT RAISE

Comment (Geology): MINE AREA UNDERLAIN BY ROCKS OF THE EXCELSIOR FORMATION THAT HAVE BEEN INTRUDED AND METAMORPHOSED TO HORNFELS AND TACTITE BY GRANODIORITE WHICH OCCURS AS DIKES IN THE AREA

References

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975 , VOL. 176 , NO. 11 , P 240

Reference (Deposit): 1927 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO

Reference (Deposit): 1954 RECON DMEA - 3289 (CONF.)

Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58

Reference (Production): E & MJ ( F4 )

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): DMEA - 3289 (CONF.)

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923 , MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEV. ; RENO NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P 137 - 157

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.