The Governor Mine is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 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
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.14472, -116.61944
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Governor Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Governor Mine
Secondary: Pangburn Property
Secondary: Hunt Property
Secondary: Sheep Corral Workings
Secondary: Silver Fox Mine
Secondary: Fox Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Governor Mercury Mines, Inc.
Owner Name: L. V. Pangburn
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2-15 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minor Drag Folds Along Steep Normal Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE RAN 2 TO 15 LBS PER TON
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES DIP STEEPLY ALONG FAULT AND LIE FLAT IN OPALITE
Comment (Workings): LAST OPERATED 1947.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PRETERTIARY QUARTZITE AND CHERT NEARLY EVERYWHERE MANTLED BY TERT. VOLCANICS. MIOCENE RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE FLOWS AND TUFF TILTED, BEVELLED, OVERLAIN BY FLAT - LYING RHYOLITIC TUFFS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
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.
