Valery Mine

The Valery Mine is a gold and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Valery Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 2519
Secondary: 2520

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Imlay 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: Manley, Russell E.
Years: 1977 -

Owner Name: Pegasus Gold Corp - Drilling

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BLANKET

Structure

Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2519 OF DRILL HOLE CUTTINGS OF OXIDIZED AND CARBONACEOUS PRIDA LIMESTONE CONTAINS 3 % FE, 2 % MG, 20 % CA, -0.2 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 0.15 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS), 700- PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 10 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 70 PPM CU, 50 PPM M-0, 100 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 100 PPM SR, 2000 PPM V, 2-0 PPM Y, 300 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 2520 CHIP ACROSS PIT F-ACE OF SILICIFIED LIMESTONE WITH QUARTZ AND IRON OXIDES CONTAI-NS 2 % FE, 1 % MG,+20 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 150 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 10- PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 50 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, -20 PPM NI,5 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 20 PPM ZR

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): IN UPPER, MAIN BODY, DEPOSIT FLUORITE IS WHITE TO PALE GREEN AND FINE-GRAINED. IN THE LOWER DEPOSIT, ADDITIONAL FLUORSPAR OCCURS AS A REPLACEMENT BODY THAT CONFORMS TO THE BEDDING BUT IS NOT DETERMINED WHETHER THE BEDDED DEPOSIT WAS CONTROLLED BY THE FAULT. THE FLUORSPAR IN THE BEDDED DEPOSIT IS MORE SILICEOUS AND LESS CALCAREOUS THAN THE MATERIAL IN THE UPPER DEPOSIT.

Comment (Deposit): TWO FLUOROSPAR DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THE FOOTWALL ROCKS BELOW A THRUST FAULT. IN THE UPPER, MAIN BODY, THE FLUORITE IS WHITE TO PALE GREEN AND FINE-GRAINED IN THE LOWER DEPOSIT, ADDITIONAL FLUORSPAR OCCURS AS A REPLACEMENT BODY THAT CONFORMS TO THE BEDDING BUT IS NOT DETERMINED WHETHER THE BEDDED DEPOSIT WAS CONTROLLED BY THE FAULT. THE FLUORSPAR IN THE BEDDED DEPOSIT IS MORE SILICEOUS AND LESS CALCAREOUS THAN THE MATERIAL IN THE UPPER DEPOSIT. FLUORITE OCCURS IN ZONE OF STRONGLY BRECCIATED AND SHATTERED ROCK TRENDING N5-10W. NUMEROUS HIGH-ANGLE STRUCTURES- EXPOSED IN PIT, LIMESTONE IS SILICIFIED AND REPLACED BY LATE--STAGE FLUORITE IN COARSELY CRYSTALLINE MASSES, WHITE, GREEN AN-D PURPLE IN COLOR. FOOTWALL OF MAIN FLUORITE ZONE IN PIT SHOWS- NUMEROUS HIGH-ANGLE STRUCTURES. ALSO, QUARTZ STOCKWORK VEININ-G AND SILICIFICATION OCCUR IN FOOTWALL BELOW WEST-DIPPING FAUL-TS. SOME GOOD JASPEROID WITH BRECCIA TEXTURE ASSOCIATED WITH F-LUORITE.

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT, NUMEROUS DRILL ROADS, DRILL HOLES

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1929. US BUREAU OF MINES EXPLORED AREA IN 1945 BY TRENCHES, UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, & A FEW SHORT DRILL HOLES. IN 1953 A LONG ADIT WITH SEVERAL CROSSCUTS WAS DRIVEN BY KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORP. SOME DRILLING DONE BY ARROWHEAD SILICA CORP IN 1972. TWO FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THE FOOT WALL ROCKS A SHORT DISTANCE BELOW THE THRUST FAULT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Development): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES EXPLORED THE AREA IN 1945 BY TRENCHES, UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, AND A FEW SHORT DRILL HOLES. IN 1953 A LONG ADIT WITH SEVERAL CROSSCUTS WAS DRIVEN BY KAISER ALUMINUM AND CHEMICAL CORP. SOME DRILLING WAS DONE BY ARROWHEAD SILICA CORP IN 1972.AREA WAS BEING DRILLED FOR SEDIMENT-HOSTED GOLD DEPOSIT IN 1984 BY PEGASUS GOLD CORP.

Comment (Location): ON RIDGE BETWEEN BLACK CANYON AND ANTELOPE CANYON. UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 2519 IS N4488350, E397350. UTM FOR SAMPLE S-ITE 2520 IS N4488075, E397300.

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93

Reference (Deposit): HORTON, R.C., 1961, FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG REPORT 1

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, 1947, VALERY FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM R.I. 4014

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 4 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATIONAND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): SILBERLING, N. J. AND WALLACE, R. E., 1967, USGS MAPGO-666.

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.