The Dottie Lee Property is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,481 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,481 Feet (2,585 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.06111, -117.54472
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Dottie Lee Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dottie Lee Property
Secondary: Dottie Lee Mines
Secondary: Bonita Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson 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: August S. Fayes And Faye I. Fayes,
Home Office: 165 Hoge Rd., Reno, Nv 89503
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS, VEINS, AND PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Striking N 75 W, Dipping 85 S.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH =0.25MR/HR.
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY - BACKGROUND = 0.017 MR/HR
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP.
Comment (Development): UNPATENTED CLAIM (1979). SHALLOW DIAMOND-DRILL HOLE DRILLED IN EARLY 1980'S
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 45 FT TRENCH, SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS AND A 55 FT ADIT.
Comment (Geology): THE TUFF IS CRYSTAL POOR, LITHIC, AND IRON STAINED. SILICIFIED HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIAS ALONG FAULT. FLUORITE COMPRISES UP TO 3% OF THE ROCK NEAR THE FAULT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION 09 AUG 1981.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 85
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF A PART OF THE SHOSHONE MOUNTAINS: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MAP 38
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.
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.
