The Little Dallas 4 Group is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Little Dallas 4 Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Dallas 4 Group
Secondary: Ivy Wilson Group
Secondary: Sue Group.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Development): 5 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE AND MOLYBDENITE IN LENSES OF HARDER QUARTZITE AND LIME
Comment (Workings): 50-FOOT CROSSCUT TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE AND MOLYBDENITE IN LENSES OF HARDIE QUARTZITE & LIME
Comment (Deposit): THIS GROUP OF 5 CLAIMS BOUNDS THE IVY WILSON (OR SUE) GROUP ON ITS SOUTHERN EDGE. A 50-FOOT CROSSCUT SULFIB TUNNEL ON L. DALLAS CLAIM 4. MAP LOCATION OF L. DALLAS 4 GIVEN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.
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.
