Iris84 09 84 09

The Iris84 09 84 09 is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Iris84 09 84 09
Secondary: Gs Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1726

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley(Stateline, Fay, Gold Springs, Deer Lodge) District

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures And Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization; Sericitization; Silicification; Argillization Of Breccia Fragments.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1726 CONTAINS 300 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 300 PPM BA, 20 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR, 50 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite

Comments

Comment (Production): 30 TON AMALGANATION AND CYONIDE PLANT IN 1907; 30 TON ARRASTRA IN 1908

Comment (Geology): CRUSTIFIED EPITHERMAL QUARTZ VEIN, WITH CHALCEDONIC AND COMBQUARTZ, YELLOWISH ARDULARIA, LAMELLAR CARBONATE

Comment (Development): 30 TON AMALGAMATION AND CYANIDE PLANT WAS ON SITE IN 1907; 30 TON ARRASTRA WAS ON SITE IN 1908. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, BUT AREA HAD BEEN STAKED.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT AS SHOWN ON TOPO, PARTIALLY CAVED AT COLLAR. TRENCHING AND SURFACE EXPLORATION IN VICINITY OF MINE AND ALONG ROAD IS PROBABLY 3-5 YEARS OLD. VERY RECENT (1983) NARROW BACKHOE TRENCH (FOR SAMPLING) ALONG ROAD NORTH OF SHAFT. REMAINS OF ORE CHUTE BELOW MINE.

Comment (Deposit): COCKADE AND DRUSY QUARTZ FORMS ENCRUSTATIONS AROUND ALTERED ROCK FRAGMENTS. WHITE QUARTZ AND SIDERITE VEIN ARE ALSO COMMON, BUT QUARTZ PREDOMINATES. QUARTZ AFTER CALCITE TEXTURES COMMON. PARTIALLY OXIDIZED PYRITE IS COMMON IN BOTH THE VEIN AND THE ALTERED FRAGMENTS. SOME OF THE ROCKS ARE IRON-STAINED AND/OR COATED WITH GREENISH (FE ?, AS ?, CL ? ) OXIDES. ALTHOUGH NO STRUCTURE IS VISIBLE AT THE SHAFT, THE ENTIRE HILLSIDE EAST OF THE MINE IS COVERED BY CRUSTIFIED FISSURE TO MASSIVE QUARTZ VEIN AND QUARTZ-CEMENTED ANDESITE BRECCIA.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): USGS 1920, PP 111, P. 563-568.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY, RENO, NEVADA.

Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT 18, 1983.

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.