The Blue Dragon Nos. 1-3 Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,751 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
Elevation: 5,751 Feet (1,753 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.72278, -119.18806
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Blue Dragon Nos. 1-3 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Dragon Nos. 1-3 Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Virgin Valley 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Palmer, Vincent
Owner Name: Palmer, Vincent
Years: 1968 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1968
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: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay-Montmorillonite; Silicification
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Ash
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10 GRAM/TONNE AND 0.006 % HG.
Analytical Data: TRACE AU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 600 SQ. FT. AREA OUTCROPPING
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, BULLDOZER CUTS, PITS, TRENCHES, CAVED ADIT.
Comment (Geology): A SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE CROPS OUT OVER A 600 FT. SQUARE AREA. THE ZONE HAS ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF CREAM-TO-PINK COLORED ASH IN A MATRIX OF CLEAR TO LIGHT-PINK SILICA. MERCURY MINERALS ARE SCARCE.
Comment (Deposit): THE CLAIMS WERE LOCATED BY VINCENT PALMER IN 1968 FOR MERCURY. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 45 FT. DEEP SHAFT, 3 BULLDOZER CUTS, ONE PIT, FOUR TRENCHES, AND A CAVED ADIT OR TRENCH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): 2 MILES N OF DEVANEY CAMPGROUND BY ELDER SPRING
References
Reference (Deposit): CATHRALL, J.B., ET AL, 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA; USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-1002.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG, BULL. 59, PL. 1.
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.
