The Silver Dyke Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.31667, -118.20000
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Silver Dyke Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Dyke Mine
Secondary: Tungsten Dike
Secondary: Examiner
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star/Gold Range
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nev. - Silver Dyke Tungsten Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR SHOOTS AND PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Numerous Ne Trending Faults Truncate Vein System In Many Places. Cross Faulting Related To Ore Control
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal, Hypogene Kaolinization, Albitization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1.5 MILES SO. OF CAMP DOUGLAS
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 2,000 TONS BLOCKED, 4,000 RECOVERABLE TAILINGS, 4,000 TONS RECOVERABLE WASTE DUMP MATERIAL
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 5,000 TONS BLOCKED OUT, 130,000 RESERVE ESTIMATE
Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE FLOURESCES PALE YELLOW UNDER .UV
Comment (Production): EXCESS OF 1,000,000.00 DOLLARS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES EXTRACTED FROM MINE
Comment (Development): MILL.CAP: 003.650 ; ECON.COM: MILL LOCATED AT SODAVILLE
Comment (Deposit): REPEATED FRACTURE - FISSURING FOLLOWED BY QTZ. FILLING - PROBABLE LEPTOTHERMAL DEPOSIT; TEMPERATURE RANGE OF CRYSTALLIZATION - MESOTHERMAL
Comment (Workings): EAST WORKINGS: BEANE MINE, WAGNER MINE, CROSSCUT TUNNEL; WEST WORKINGS: ATKINS WORKINGS, SILVER TUNNEL, 600 FT. WEST WORKINGS, GOODALE MINE, NOBLE MINE EXPLOITING TWO MAIN SHOOTS
Comment (Geology): ORE SHOOTS 60 - 120 FT IN LENGTH, 2 - 15 FT. WIDE. MUTIPLE PHASE VEIN FORMATION. OBSCURE SURFICIAL EVIDENCE OF MINERALIZATION. DEPOSITION OF SCHEELITE NOT ALWAYS CONCURRENT W/VEIN FORMATION. VEIN EXHIBITS COCKSCOMBING
Comment (Deposit): VEIN 25 FT.-200 FT. WIDE, 6 MILES LONG.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): KERR, 1936, THE TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION AT SILVER DYKE, NEVADA: NEV. UNIV. BULL., VOL. 30, NO. 5.
Reference (Deposit): RONNIE, C. C., 1954 , REPORT ON THE SILVER DYKE MINE, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE, UNPUB. REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): 1936 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN VOL. 30 , NO.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): KLEPPER, 1943 , UNPUBL. USGS REPORT
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.
