The Dead Cedar Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Dead Cedar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dead Cedar Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ferguson Spring Alleghany
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: ABOUT 1880'S
Comment (Deposit): COPPER-SILVER DEPOSITS WERE FIRST NOTED IN 1880'S BUT ACTIVITY RENEWED IN 1910-1912, AND AGAIN IN 1935-INTERMITTENTLY TO 1953 IN THE DISTRICT. THE ORE BODIES ARE LIMESTONE REPLACEMENTS-GOSSAN-WITH ORE OXIDIZED. MAINLY COPPER CARBONATES WITHMINOR SILVER VALUES. ORE GRADE OF SHIPPED ARE WAS REPORTED TO BE 6% COPPER AND 1OZ. SILVER PER TON. THE DEAD CEDAR MINE HAS A SMALL REPORTED PRODUCTION OF COPPER WITH MINOR SILVER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Production): 6% CU; 1 OZ/TON AG
Comment (Development): DEPOSITS FIRST NOTED IN 1880'S WITH RENEWED ACTIVITY IN 1910-1912, AND IN 1935 INTERMITTENTLY TO 1953
Comment (Deposit): LIMESTONE REPLACEMENTS, WITH FE OX, MNO GOSSAN
Comment (Geology): GOSSAN PRESENT DUMP MATERIAL MOSTLY LIMONITE-HEMATITE MNO GOSSAN. SOME SILICEOUS"SINTER" ON DUMP. CLOTS OF BANTE XTALS IN GOSSAN.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): FIELD EXAMINATION BY J.V. TINGLEY, NBMG, ON 8/7/80.
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M.(P.68-69) (1976)
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.
