The Danite Mine is a silver mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.82472, -119.61306
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Danite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Danite Mine
Secondary: Veta Grande, South
Secondary: Silver Queen, Nevada Queen
Secondary: Schultz Antimony
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site # 4436 ᅕ
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Gardnerville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SINGLE CAVED ADIT, PITS, PROSPECTS. THE WORKINGS EXPLORED A LARGE, SILICIFIED DIKE THAT EXTENDS SOUTHEST FROM THE VETA GRANDE MINE AND IS UP TO 50 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Geology): LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 41 REPORTS STIBNITE PRESENT IN THE QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL; SOME OF THE FINE-GRAINED SULFIDES NOTED MAY BE STIBNITE.
Comment (Production): UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT OF SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1964
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: 4 TONS OF ANTIMONY METAL (QUADE, 1989).
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75; LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, NBMG BULLETIN 61.
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE # 4436 & #4437 SITE VISIT, JULY 13,1989.
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.
