The Dolly Varden Mine is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Dolly Varden Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dolly Varden Mine
Secondary: Ov Queen
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Dolly Varden
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: BLANKET, TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Silication
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE DOLLY VARDEN MINE IS AN OLD LEND-SILVER MINE THAT DATES TO THE 1870'S. OXIDIZED LEAD ORES OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING OF WHITE LIMESTONE, AND ALONG A N-S FISSURE DIPPING 75 DEG W. THE LIMESTONES STRIKE ENE AND DIP S ATA LOW ANGLE. ORES ARE CERUSITE, ANGLESITE ASSOCIATED WITH A LITTLE COPPER CARBONATE, AND CONSIDERABLE LIMONITE. THE PROPERTY WAS OPENED BY THE MURPHY SHAFT, ANDTHE DOLLY GROUP WAS DRILLED TO 240'. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): N OF CASTLE PEAK; +/- 3000 M. NO TOPOS FOR AREA.
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION INCLUDED SOME GOLD.
Comment (Development): DEVELOPED BY THE MURPHY SHAFT, AND THE DOLLY GROUP WAS DRILLED TO 240 FEET.
Comment (Deposit): OXIDE LEAD ORES OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING OF WHITE LIMESTONEAND ALONE A FISSURE
Comment (Workings): MURPHY SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
References
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M.(1976)
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648.
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.
