Delano Mine

Site Name

Primary: Delano Mine
Secondary: Net
Secondary: Delno Mine
Secondary: Panther

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Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold

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Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Delano (Delno)

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Land Status

Not available

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Holdings

Not available

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Workings

Type: Underground

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Ownership

Owner Name: Delno Mining Co.
Years: 1960 -

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Production

Not available

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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Physiography

Not available

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

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Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR

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Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

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Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Vanadinite
Gangue: Jasper

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE FIRST ACTIVITY IN THE AREA WAS AN ORE DISCOVERY BY AN INDIAN WHO SHOWED IT TO THOMAS J. & BROWN IN SPRING OF 1872. THE DISTRICT WAS ORGANIZED AS THE GOOSE CREEK DISTRICT AT THIS TIME. SUPPOSEDLY SOME 90 LOCATION WERE MADE, WITH THE MAIN PROPERTIES BEING COTTON THOMAS, ANNA CARROLL, AND PROVIDENCE. (WHITEHILL, 1875, 1877). THE SERVIA AND SLAVONIA MINING CO. WAS INCORPORATED TO WORK THE MINES. ACTIVITY THEN WANED WITH DECLINE IN SILVER-PRICE. ABOUT 1905, CRAIG CHAMBERS MINED AND SHIPPED ORE FROM THE GOLD NOTE OTHER MINES UNTIL THE LEAD-SILVER DECLINED AND HE ABANDONED THE EFFORT. IT WAS INACTIVE UNTIL ABOUT 1917 WHEN ROY WOODS, AND CB. WHINERY & ASSOCIATES BEGAN WORK ON THE DELANO CLAIM. THEY SHIPPED ORE TO SALT LAKE CITY 1917-20. THE DELNO MINE WAS A STEADY SHIPPER FOR 10 YEARS THROUGH 1926 WITH 30-50 CAR LOADS A YEAR. IN 1925 A 20-TON CONCENTRATOR WAS ERECTED ON ROCK SPRING CREEK 7 MILES WEST OF THE MINE. (HUNT), LATER THIS WAS ENLARGED. PANTHER MINES CO. INCORPORATED WITH STOCK

Comment (Location): IN DRY CREEK CANYON

Comment (Deposit): SHAFTS. THE DELNO OR DELANO MINE CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGH THE WW II YEARS UP UNTIL 1960'S WITH A STEADY PRODUCTION. AT LAST REPORT THE WORKING INCLUDED 6,200 FT, AND A DOWN DIP DISTANCE OF 1750 FT. THE ORE RAKES 65 NW, STRIKES N, AND DIP 25-43 W. THE MOST PRODUCTIVE BED HAS BEEN THE "UPPERBED". HIGH ANGLE FAULTS BOTH ON A NORTH AND SOUTH TERMINATE THE ORE BODY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS. ACTIVITY WANED WITH DECLINE IN SILVER PRICE, ABOUT 1905, CRAIG CHAMBERS MINED & SHIPPED ORE TILL THE PB-AG PRICE DECLINE, WHEN HE QUIT. THE MINE LAY INACTIVE UNTIL ABOUT 1917 WHEN ROY WOODS, C.B. WHINERY & ASSOCS. BEGAN WORK, SHIPPING ORE 1917 TO 1920 DELANO MINE WAS A STEADY SHIPPER FOR 10 YEARS THROUGH 1926 WITH 30-50 CARLOADS ORE PER YEAR. PANTHER MINES CO. INCORPORATED BUT HAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. THE NET OR DELNO CO. SUCCESSFULLY WORKED THE PROPERTY FOR 15 YEARS DELANO MINE CONTINUED TO PRODUCE THROUGH WW II UNTIL THE 1960'S WITH STEADY PRODUCTION

Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF FAVORABLE LIMESTONE BEDS, CONTROLLED BY FAULTS.

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT. DEPOSIT WAS WORKED LATERALLY FOR 125 FEET AND 1700 FEET DOWN DIP.

Comment (Production): ORE AVERAGED 20-25% PB, 30-35 OZ/TON AG. SHIPPING ORE AVERAGED 50% PB; 60 OZ/AG. PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE ABOUT $300,000 FOR DELNO'S 15-YEAR WORK, INCLUDING SOME COPPER & GOLD

Comment (Deposit): TO LEASE AND OPTION THE DELNO MINE AND MILLING CO. BUT HAS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. NEXT THE NET OR DELNO CO. WORKED THE PROPERTY SUCCESSFULLY FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. THE REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE AVERAGED 20-25% PB & 30-35 OZ. AG PER TON. SHIPPING ORE RAN 50% PB, 60 OZ. AG.; MILL ORE AVERAGED 15% PB AND 20 OZ AG PER TON. THE MAIN ORE SHOOT (1937) WAS 300 FT LONG ON A 30 INCLINE, AND 13 FT WIDE AND UNIFORM. THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY A 1,200 FT INCLINE SHAFT (AT THIS DATE). ONE HALF THE TONNAGE WAS MILLED AT THE COMPANY MILL AT NEAREST WATER SOURCE (ROCK SPRINGS CREEK). HAULAGE CHARGES WERE HIGH-ORE HAULED OUT AND WATER HAULED IN. PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE ABOUT $300,000 FOR THE 15 YEARS PERIOD. GRANGER, 1957 REPORTED THE MINE TO HAVE 5,900 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS (SANS STOPES)-LATERALLY TO 125 FT AND 1,700 FT DOWN DIP OF ORE ZONE. ORE IS OFF-SET WITH SEVERAL FAULTS. DETERRENTS TO PROFITABLE OPERATION WERE POOR VENTILATION, ORE HANDLING, AND POOR CONDITION OF INCLINE

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References

Reference (Deposit): HUNT, S.F., 1936, MINING GEOLOGY OUTLINED, RENO, NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): MINES REGISTER 1937

Reference (Deposit): SLACK, J.F., 1972, STRUCTURE, PETROLOGY, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS (DELANO MTS) REGION, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. MS. THESIS MIAMI UNIVERSITY.

Reference (Deposit): OLSEN, D.R, 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE DELNO MINING DISTRICT AND VICINITY, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): PHD U. OF UTAH

Reference (Deposit): WHITEHILL, H.R., 1875 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF NEVADA FOR THE YEARS 1873 & 1874. CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): WHITEHILL, H.R., 1877 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF NEVADA FOR THE YEARS 1875 AND 1876. CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

Reference (Production): GRANGER, ET AL (1957)

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Nevada Gold

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