Democracy Manganese Mine

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

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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.