The Dover and Green Talc is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.61889, -118.50528
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Dover and Green Talc MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dover and Green Talc
Secondary: Donnelly Andalusite Mine
Commodity
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Dover Mine, Mineralized Zone Occurs On North Side Of A N 70 E Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Andalusite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Corundum
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ANDALUSITE OCCURS AS FINE DISSEMINATIONS AND SCATTERED BLEBS ASSOCIATED WITH WHITE TO GREEN SERICITIC BODIES AND ROCK CUT BY QTZ. VEINLETS.
Comment (Workings): AREA OF REPLACEMENT AS LARGE AS 200 BY 400 FEET. DOVER MINE CONSISTS OF A GLORY HOLE & SHAFT, SHORT ADIT, SEVERAL TRENCHES. GREEN TALC CONSISTS OF TWO OPEN PITS, TWO SHORT ADITS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS. GREEN TALC IS EAST-NORTHEAST OF DOVER MINE.
Comment (Production): GREEN TALC MINE BELONGS TO MRS. ESTHER REA
Comment (Location): 5 MILES EAST OF THORNE
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS D. C., 1937 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEV. NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 58
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG W. O., 1937 , RECON OF MINING DIST. IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEV., INFO. CIRCULAR
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 14
Reference (Production): VANDERBURG ( 1937 P. 30 )
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.
