The Dromedary Hump Mine is a silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Dromedary Hump Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dromedary Hump Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview 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: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Embolite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE DROMEDARY HUMP VEIN LIES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF A DACITE INTRUSIVE, ABOUT 7,000 FEET NORTH OF THE NEVADA HILLS MINE. IN PLACES IT IS ABOUT 50 FEET WIDE, AND IT CONSISTS CHIEFLY OF MASSIVE QUARTZ AND SILICIFIED ROCK. IT IS IN PART BRECCIATED AND IN PLACES CRUDELY BANDED AND VUGGY. ORE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN DISCONTINOUS POCKETS AND STREAKS, MOSTLY SMALL. THE DEPOSITS ARE SILVER DEPOSITS, BELIEVED TO BE FORMED BY HOT MINERAL-BEARING MAGNATIC SOLUTIONS. THE SURFICIAL ORE WAS QUITE RICH BUT DIFFICUT TO TREAT.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F C, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947, NBMG FILES
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R C, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83
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.
