The Dover and Green Talc Mines is a aluminum mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Dover and Green Talc Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dover and Green Talc Mines
Secondary: Donnelly Andalusite Mine
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting 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: Mrs. E. Donnelly, J. Stockton, W. Rea, And E. Rea; Hawthorne, Nev.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1929
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Andalusite
Ore: Corundum
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrophyllite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Diaspore
Gangue: Halloysite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Geology): NEAR THE SHAFT THE ANDALUSITE ROCK IS COVERED WITH A MANTLE OF SURFACE DEBRIS AND CLAY UP TO 12 FEET THICK.
Comment (Location): LOCATION ESTIMATEION
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION OF AT LEAST 450 TONS OF ANDALUSITE ROCK UP TO OCTOBER 1936
Comment (Workings): 200-FOOT VERTICAL SHAFT, OPEN CUTS, AND SURFACE TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941
Reference (Production): VANDERBURG, 1937, P. 30
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.
