Dixon

The Dixon is a manganese and tungsten mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Dixon
Secondary: Dixon Brothers

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Delaware

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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal Mn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): VEINLETS OF TUNGSTEN-BEARING MANGANESE OXIDE OCCUR IN A BRECCIATED AND INTENSELY SILICIFIED RHYOLITE TUFF

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE INFORMATION FROM RECORD NUBMER D001249, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

References

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J.G., GEOL & MIN RESOURCES, LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO, NW, NBMG BULL 75, 1969

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR-25

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA

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.