The Governor Mine is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Governor Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Governor Mine
Secondary: Hunt Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1944
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: BLANKET, TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: North Trending Stines Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Replacement, Formation Of Opalite
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OPALITE HAS BEEN FORMED ALONG THE HANING WALL OF THE STINES FAULT ZONE. CINNABAR IS DISSEMINATED IN OPALITE.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ON THE HUNT PROPERTY. TOGETHER W/ THE FOX MINE ON THE PANGBURN PROPERTY, THEY FORM THE GOVERNOR GROUP. THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF MANY CLOSELY SPACED TRENCHES AND ADITS, WHICH EXPLORE THE SILICIFIED STINES FAULT ZONE FOR OVER 3000 FT ALONG STRIKE. BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944 PL. 4) HAVE PUBLISHED A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): MANY CLOSELY-SPACED TRENCHES & ADITS WHICH EXPLORE THE SILICIFIED STINES FAULT ZONE FOR OVER 3000 FT. ALONG STIKE
Comment (Geology): THE STINES FAULT ZONE STRIKES SLIGHTLY EAST OF NORTH AND DIPS STEEPLY NORTHWEST. AT MOST LOCALITIES THE HANGING WALL IS RHYOLITC ASH & TUFF, WHEREAS THE FOOTWALL IS BASALT. OPALITE HAS BEEN FORMED FROM THE HANGING WALL ROCKS. CINNABAR IS PRESENT DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE OPALITE. HOWEVER THE ORE BODIES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND WERE SMALL, ERRATIC IN DISTRIBUTION, AND OF FAIRLY LOW GRADE (BAILEY & PHOENIX 1944)
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 41
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.
