The Dry Hills Tactite Prospect is a copper and manganese mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,489 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,489 Feet (1,673 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Manganese
Lat, Long: 41.28083, -117.20306
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Dry Hills Tactite Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dry Hills Tactite Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2619
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District; Getchell 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
Owner Name: Conoco, (1970'S-Drilling)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: ROUGHLY TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Reg.Struct: Ne-Trending Thrust Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication Along Contact Zone.
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2619 IS OF GARNET SKARN WITH FE-MN GOSSAN, COARSE-GRAINED AMBER GARNET, MINOR CU OXIDE STAIN, QUARTZ, OPEN SPACES FILLED WITH OXIDES, FINE-GRAINED FE-OXIDE-RICH JASPEROID. IT CONTAINS +20% FE, 0.2% MG, 7% CA, 0.01% TI, 700 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 50 PPM BA, 5 PPM CO, 2000 PPM CU, 500 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 70 PPM SN, 100 PPM V, 100 PPM W, 10 PPM Y, 3000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): OLD SHAFT APPEARS TO DATE FROM 1920'S-1930'S. NO ACTIVITY AT TIMEOF EXAMINATION IN 1984.
Comment (Deposit): IRON-MANGANESE-RICH GOSSAN IN COARSE-GRAINED GARNET SKARN ALONG CONTACT OF APLITE DIKE AND GREY LIMESTONE. CONTACT APPROXIMATELY N50E, 50 NW DIP; DIKE ON WEST SIDE, SILICATED ROCK EXPOSED IN TRENCHES. SKARN ZONE ABOUT 6 FT WIDE AS EXPOSED IN OLD SHAFT; MNO, FE OX AND CU OX STAINING.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED PROSPECT SHAFT, CUTS RECENT DRILLING NEARBY (CONOCO, 1970'S)
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 7 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.
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.
