Dottie Lee Property

The Dottie Lee Property is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,481 feet.

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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: Dottie Lee Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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.


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