Dollarhide Hedge Mine

The Dollarhide Hedge Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dollarhide Hedge Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: DISCONTINUOUS AND IRREGULAR QUARTZ LENSES AND SEAMS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults, Fractures

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SOME OF THE ORE FROM THESE WORKINGS CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 2% COPPER AND 5% LEAD, BUT MOST OF THE ORE NOW EXPOSED DOES NOT SHOW MUCH SULFIDE OTHER THAN PYRITE. THE GOLD CONTENT. EVEN IN SELECTED ORE, IS PROBABLY LESS THAN 0.05 OUNCE TO THE TON.

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): CHOSE A POINT ON SECTION BORDER

Comment (Deposit): THE QUARTZ LENSES RANGE FROM A FEW INCHES TO SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 2 FEET WIDE. IN SEVERAL PLACES THE LENSES PIOCH OUT AGAINST FRACTURES OF LOW INCLINATION.

Comment (Workings): THE PORTAL OF THE CUMMINGS LEASE TUNNEL IS ON THIS CLAIM. THE TUNNEL FOLLOWS A QUARTZ VEIN FOR A DISTANCE OF 290FT IN TO THE HILL SIDE. THREE RAISES, ONE REACHING THE SURFACE, EXPLORE THE UPPER PART OF THE VEIN; AND WINZES WITH DRIFTS LEADING FROM THEM FOLLOW THE VEIN FOR A DISTANCE OF MORE THAN 100 FEET DOWNDIP BELOW THE TUNNEL LEVEL.

Comment (Geology): THE QUARTZ MONZONITE IS SHEARED AND ALTERED FOR WIDTHS OF SEVERAD FEET.

Comment (Production): TOTAL VALUE PRODUCED WAS $5,000 TO $100,000 CUMMINGS MINES ORE THAT RANGED IN CONTENT FROM 300 TO 1500 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON. THIS MUST HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY HAND-SORTED MATERIAL. CUMMINGS' PRODUCTION IS UNCERTAIN BUT DID NOT EXCEED A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Comment (Development): MUCH OF THE WORK WAS DONE BY CON CUMMINGS UNDER LEASE IN 1916.

References

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, O.P., 1953, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.

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.