Mine detail: Velvet Gold Mines

Previously called 'Houskin ClaimsLand-Ringle ClaimsNBMG Sample Sites 1478,2594.'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.24017, -118.77932
dep_id: 10042442
mrds_id: M060237
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Silver
gangue: Clay, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
alteration: Silicificaon
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fault Zones (Joints And Crevices)
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Year first produced: 1939
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1939
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
  • Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6902.
  • Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH SUMMARY OF GEOLOGIC SURVEY 19551, V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO., P. 24.
  • Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 5 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #5. BONHAM, H.F., JR., MAY 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #6. NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3. #7. MASTERSON, DALLAM W. AND KYLE, RICHARDS, J., 1984, JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION; VOL. 20, P. 55-74.
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