The Democracy Manganese Mine is a manganese and tungsten mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,629 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,629 Feet (2,630 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.40444, -114.31222
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Democracy Manganese Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Democracy Manganese Mine
Secondary: Hulse
Secondary: Rosencrans Manganese
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Atlanta District; Silver Park District; Silver Springs 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal Mn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 44 % MN.
Analytical Data: 0.0015 % YB
Analytical Data: 0.015 % Y
Analytical Data: 3 % W
Analytical Data: 0.03 % V
Analytical Data: 0.15 % TL
Analytical Data: 0.7 % SR
Analytical Data: 0.015 % CU
Analytical Data: 0.007 % BE
Analytical Data: 0.3 % NA
Analytical Data: 0.3 % CA
Analytical Data: 0.3 % FE
Analytical Data: 0.7 % AL
Analytical Data: 0.15 % SI
Analytical Data: SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, J. C. HAMILTON, USGS: 7 % BA
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON ROSENCRANS PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): OTHER ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE
Comment (Geology): 2-3 FOOT VEIN OF MN OXIDES. ORE IS DENSE BOTRYOIDAL PSILOMELANE.
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEV. BUR MINES BULL 73
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D. F., FLEISCHER, M., AND CONKLIN, V. M., 1963, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE OXIDE: ECON. GEOL. VOL 58, NO. 1, P. 17, 21.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.
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.
