The Dyer Ranch Prospects is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,951 Feet (1,509 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.75583, -118.02333
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Dyer Ranch Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dyer Ranch Prospects
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1253
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Dyer 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Discovery Year: 1863
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1253 CONTAINS + 20% FE, 0.7% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.015% TI, 200 PPM MN, 70 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 20 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 50 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 70 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, + 10000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIMES OF EXAMINATION IN AUGUST 1982, OR APRIL 1984; BUT RECENT SAMPLING EVIDENT. SAMPLE SITE ON DUMP ("DRR-16"). PROSPECTS WERE WORKED FROM 1884 TO 1887 WITH MINOR PRODUCTION. TOTAL DISTRICT PRODUCTION IS RECORDED AS $12,817 FROM 281 TONS.
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN FORMED ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN SHALES. ADITS SOUTH OF INCLINE PROSPECT N 70-80 W, 60 SW SHEAR ZONE 3-4 FT WIDE; MNO-HEMATITE GOSSAN ALONG SHEAR; LENSES OF DARK BROWN JASPEROID LACED WITH SILICA VEINLETS.
Comment (Workings): INCLINE SHAFT, CUTS, ADITS SOUTH OF INCLINE
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 78, P. 66.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 55, P. 84-85.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, NV.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 16 AUGUST 1982.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 28 APRIL, 1984.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-12, 1983.
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.
