The Driscol Property is a silver and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.57278, -117.12528
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Driscol Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Driscol Property
Secondary: Driscoll
Secondary: Denver-Nevada
Secondary: Harriet Mine
Secondary: Galena High-Line Mine.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Major Ne-Trending Fault Set; Minor Nw Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE 1936 SHIPMENT AVERAGED 0.045 ZOZ./TON AU AND 216 OZ/TON AG AND 5.08% PB.
Analytical Data: 1935 SHIPMENT AVERAGED 0.10 OZ./TON AU, AND 35 OZ./TON AG, AND 3% PB
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 3 CLAIMS EXTENSIVELY WORKED IN THE 1870'S BY 4 DRIFT TUNNELS THROUGH A 200-FT. VERTICLA RANGE
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE; MAIN ORE SHOOTS LOCALIZED WHERE THE FAULT CUTS SANDSTONE; BARREN WHERE IT CUTS SHALE
Comment (Workings): DRIFTS
Comment (Location): ON HILLS N. OF DUCK CREEK & GALENASITE
Comment (Production): PRE-1916 PRODUCTION UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 3 CLAIMS LYING BETWEEN THE WHITE AND SHILOH AND THE TRINITY VEINS ON THE HILLS N. OF DUCK CREEK. PROPERTY WAS EXTENSIVELY WORK IN THE LATE 1870'S BY 4 DRIFT TUNNELS THROUGH A 200-FT. VERTICAL RANGE. TOTAL LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS ABOUT 2035 FT. AMOUNT OF PRE-1916 PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Geology): VEIN RANGES FROM 3 INCHES TO 4 FEET WIDE. 3-4 INCH ORE STREAK (GALENA) FOLLOWS THE HANGING WALL. "ORE WAS SOMEWHAT OXIDIZED TO A MASS OF IRON-STAINED CELLULAR CERUSSITE SURROUNDING UNALTERED GALENA. "ANGLESITE PRESENT. MAIN ORE SHOOTS LOCALIZED WHERE FAULT ZONE CUTS SANDSTONE. ZONE IS BARREN WHERE IT CUTS SHALE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN N.E. CALIFORNIA AND N.W. NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL 594
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977; GEOLOGY AND MINER DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
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.
