Don Daleminemine

The Don Daleminemine is a lead, silver, and copper mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,841 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Don Daleminemine
Secondary: Blue Bird Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Locations 1468 & 1469.

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Don Dale

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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1946
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Porphyry Is Bleached, Argillically Altered.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES 1468 AND 1469 CONTAIN, RESPECTIVELY, 10 AND 2 % FE, 200 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 0 AND 200 PPM AS, 500 AND 150 PPM BA, 2000 AND 30 PPM CU, 7000 AND 200 PPM PB, 500 AND 0 PPM SB, 1000 AND 300 PPM ZN, 300 AND 200 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): UTM'S APPROXIMATED, AREA UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): DISTRICT WAS ORGANIZED IN 1945, BUT THE MINE WAS FORMERLY INCLUDED IN TEMPIUTE DISTRICT. NO ACTIVITY IN 1983; LAST CLAIM NOTICE WAS DATED 1964.

Comment (Geology): MINE FOLLOWS A N 65 E TRENDING VEIN, WITH ORE MINERALS INA QUARTZ GANGUE ORE MINERALS ARE CONFINED TO THE VEIN AND TO A SET OF NS CROSS FRACTURES WITH 40 - 60 E DIP. DISSEMINATED COPPER CARBONATES CONTAINED IN QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY.

Comment (Workings): ORE SHOOT MINED TO DEPTH OF 40 FEET. THE LAST 10 FEET OF A 120 FOOT ADIT CUT INTO QUARTZ MONZONITE . IN 1983, SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS, PROSPECT PITS, DOZER SCRAPINGS ALONG E- AND W-FACING SLOPES OF CANYON. . IN 1983, SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS, PROSPECT PITS, DOZER SCRAPINGS ALONG E- AND W-FACING SLOPES OF CANYON.

References

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

Reference (Deposit): BENSON, WT, 1945, U.S BUR OF MINES, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983 FIELD EXAMINATION.

Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

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.