The Devaney Property is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.51, -118.73861
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Devaney Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Devaney Property
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1488
Secondary: Gold Crown Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Farrell District; Stonehouse District; Seven Troughs District (Northern Part)
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: Rogers, A. H.
Years: 1936 -
Owner Name: Devaney, Mrs. M. E.
Years: 1936 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Rhyolite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1488 OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE WITH QUARTZ, FLUORITE AND PYRITE, CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.5% MG, 10% CA, 0.15% TI, 70 PPM MN, 50 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 100 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 70 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): PART OF THE GOLD CROWN PROPERTY, PRINCIPAL PROPERTY AT FARRELL; MILL ON THE GROUND IN 1935-1936. INACTIVE IN 1984. 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): FAULT ZONE WITH CLEAR, CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ ALONG STRUCTURE, CLEAR FLUORITE CRYSTALS IN VUGS AND COATING QUARTZ. IN SOME AREAS, WALLROCK IS BRECCIATED AND FLUORITE SERVES AS BRECCIA CEMENT. WALLROCK IS FE-OXIDE STAINED RHYOLITE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, TRENCH
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G., 1979, NBMG BULL 93, P. 72.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 6 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. J
Reference (Deposit): VANDER BURG, W.O., 1936, USBM IC 6902, P. 13.
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.
