The Lime Dyke Claims is a lead and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.97556, -117.82111
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Lime Dyke Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lime Dyke Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Ellsworth District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: Homer France, Barney O'Dell And Manford Minick, On A Partnership Basis
Home Office: Gabbs
Years: 1945 -
Owner Name: Manford Minick
Years: 1945 -
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: To 1945
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Assayed 0.53 Oz Au, 11.0 Oz Ag, 10.6% Pb, 2.2% Zn Per Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Paradise Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.34-0.9 OZ/T AU.
Analytical Data: 9.5-11.8 OZ/T AG
Analytical Data: ORE ASSAYED 10.7-12 % PB
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT ADIT CONNECTED TO A 60 FT SHAFT. SHAFT ON RIDGE HITS ORE FISSURE AT 25 FT DEPTH, WHERE A 15-FT DRIFT FOLLOWS IT TO THE SE. 100 FT NW OF THE SHAFT IS A TUNNEL 50 FT LONG ALONG THE ORE FISSURE.
Comment (Deposit): ORE FISSURE-REPLACEMENT VEIN 2 IN.- 1 FT. WIDE, TRACEABLE ON SURFACE FOR AT LEAST 400 FT.
Comment (Development): MINE WAS BEING WORKED BY HAND-DRILLING AND HAND-SORTING OF ORE IN 1945.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 109
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 238, ITEM 5
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 109
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.
