Devaney Property

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

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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.