The Forvilly Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.29306, -118.20306
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Forvilly Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Forvilly Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Bromyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST SOUTH OF AND ADJACENT TO LINCOLN HILL MINE
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN 1984.
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS LIE ABOUT 20 FT APART. SOUTHEAST VEIN IS 3 FT WIDE AND NORTHWEST ONE IS WIDER. QUARTZ IN VEIN IS VUGGY OR POROUS IN PLACES.
Comment (Workings): OPENED MAINLY BY TWO 40-FT SHAFTS.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ IN VEIN IS VUGGY OR POROUS IN PLACES
Comment (Deposit): OPENED MAINLY BY TWO 40-FT SHAFTS. ONE ON EACH OF TWO VEINS WHICH LIE ABOUT 20 FEET APART. SOUTHEAST VEIN IS 3 FEET WIDE AND NORTH WEST VEIN IS WIDER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1915, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: IN USGS BULL.580
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
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.
