The Downeyville Mine is a lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,849 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,849 Feet (1,478 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 38.9125, -117.90056
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Downeyville Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Downeyville Mine
Secondary: 1878: Lookout Claim
Secondary: Alexander Claim
Secondary: Lizzie Downey Claim
Secondary: Great Western Claim
Secondary: Domingo Claim. 1904: Renamed Respectively To Index Claim
Secondary: Cave Claim
Secondary: Discovery Claim
Secondary: Horn Silver Claim
Secondary: Town Claim.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Gabbs District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Nevada Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Paradise Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: PIPES, CHIMNEYS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE ASSAYS FROM THE LIZZIE DOWNEY CLAIM CONTAIN $141.45 PER TON SILVER AND 96% LEAD.
Materials
Ore: Marmatite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 380 FT SHAFT, NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS, "GRASS ROOT" STOPES.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 108-109.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 109
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.
