The Dixie Prospect is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Dixie Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dixie Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Table Mountain 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY MINED FOR SILVER BUT HAS NO RECORDED TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION. TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION WAS DISCOVERED BY JACK W. PERRY OF LOVELOCK IN 1940.
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN LARGE CRYSTALS WITH SILVER MINERALS IN A CALCITE VEIN CUTTING DARK BLUE LIMESTONE. VEIN IS 1.5-2 FT WIDE, AND HAS BEEN EXPLORED FOR 150 FT ALONG SRIKE, AND TO A DEPTH OF 30 FT BY THE ADIT AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. SMALL IRREGULAR STOPES EXTEND OUT FROM THE ADIT AND SHAFTS. THE SCHEELITE CRYSTALS ARE SPARSELY SCATTERED IN THE VEIN AND NO MINEABLE ORE SHOOTS HAVE BEEN FOUND.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT ADIT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.
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.
