Dromedary Hump Mine

The Dromedary Hump Mine is a silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.

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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

Name: Dromedary Hump Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Churchill

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 39.25167, -118.16639

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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Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F C, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947, NBMG FILES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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.