The Dollar Mine is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,880 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.63972, -117.23500
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Dollar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dollar Mine
Secondary: Schapal
Secondary: Silver Top Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jett 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: Herman Schapals Of Round Mountain
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Toiyabe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SINGLE CRYSTALS, BLEBS, SMALL PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Bedrock Strikes N 70-85 W, Dip 70 Sw.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AN ORE SAMPLE FROM A 14 IN VEIN ASSAYED 0.6% SB.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Antimony
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS ABOUT 200 FT LONG, A SHORT ADIT, AND A 30 FT INCLINE SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 85
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 138.
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.
