The Delano-Cleveland Mines is a gold, lead, and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,430 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,430 Feet (1,960 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.67167, -114.27333
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Delano-Cleveland Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Delano-Cleveland Mines
Secondary: Delano
Secondary: Cleveland
Secondary: Net
Secondary: Delno
Secondary: Panther
Secondary: Mineral Patent Survey 4689
Secondary: Clair group claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Delano 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.
Administrative Organization: Wells BLM Administrative District
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Noranda Exploration, Inc.
Info Year: 1990
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: replacement stratabound
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1872
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: FAULTS
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: SILICIFICATION
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Description: stock
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bindheimite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Vanadinite
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Identification): All material from record # M233921 and M233923 have been incorporated into this record and updated. The main current deposit is the Delano, with the Cleveland lying about a half mile ESE of the Delano Mine.
Comment (Location): The mine sare located in Dry Creek Canyon.
Comment (Workings): Underground workings included an inclined shaft from which the deposit was worked laterally for 125 feet and more than 1700 feet down dip.
Comment (Deposit): The deposit is a replacement of favorable limestone beds, controlled by faults. The ore rakes 65 NW, strikes N, and dip 25-43W. The most productive bed has been the "upperbed". High angle faults terminate the ore body both on the north and south .
Comment (Economic Factors): From 1918 to 1970, the combined Delano and Cleveland mine deposits produced 46.7 tonnes of silver, 10 kilotonnes of lead, and 0.6 kilotonnes of zinc from an unknown tonnage of ore. In 1980, the combined Delano and Cleveland mine deposits were estimated to contain reservesof 240 kilotonnes of ore grading 6.43 opt Ag, 5.6% Pb, 3.8% Zn, with minor Cu and Au. In 1989, the combined Delano and Cleveland mine deposits were estimated to contain a remaining resource of 218 kilotonnes of ore containing 48 tonnes of silver, 12 kilotonnes of lead, and 8 kilotonnes of zinc (Long and others, 1998).
Comment (Development): The first activity in the area was an ore discovery by an indian who showed it to Thomas J. & Brown in spring of 1872. The district was organized as the Goose Creek district at this time. Supposedly some 90 locations were made, with the main properties being Cotton Thomas, Anna Carroll, and Providence. (Whitehill, 1875, 1877). The Servia and Slavonia Mining Co. Waw incorporated to work the mines. Activity then waned with decline in silver price. About 1905, Craig Chambers mined and shipped ore from the Gold Note other mines until the lead-silver declined and he abandoned the effort. It was inactive until about 1917 when Roy Woods, and C.B. Whinery & Associates began work on the Delano claim. They shipped ore to Salt Lake City 1917-20. The Delno mine was a steady shipper for 10 years through 1926 with 30-50 car loads a year. In 1925 a 20-ton concentrator was erected on Rock Spring Creek 7 miles west of the mine. (Hunt), later this was enlarged. Panther Mines Co. incorporated with stock to lease and option the Delno Mine and Milling Co. but ran into financial problems. Next the Net or Delno Co. worked the property successfully for about 15 years. The replacement deposits in limestone averaged 20-25% Pb & 30-35 oz. Ag per ton. Shipping ore ran 50% Pb, 60 oz. Ag.; Mill ore averaged 15% Pb and 20 oz Ag per ton. The main ore shoot (1937) was 300 ft long on a 30 incline, and 13 ft wide and uniform. The property was developed by a 1,200 ft incline shaft (at this date). One half the tonnage was milled at the company mill at nearest water source (Rock Springs Creek). Haulage charges were high-ore hauled out and water hauled in. Production reported to be about $300,000 for the 15-year period. Granger, 1957 reported the mine to have 5,900 ft of underground workings (sans stopes)-laterally to 125 ft and 1,700 ft down dip of ore zone. Ore is off-set with several faults. Deterrents to profitable operation were poor ventilation, ore handling, and poor condition of incline shafts. The Delno or Delano mine continued to work through the WWII years up until 1960s with a steady production. It was owned and operated by the Delno Mining Company in the 1960s. At that time the workings included 6,200 ft, with a down dip distance of 1750 ft. Noranda Exploration, Inc. was exploring the property in 1990.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: cerussite, sphalerite, galena, bindhemite, pyrite, anglesite, tetrahedrite
Comment (Commodity): Gangue Materials: JASPER, QUARTZ, VANADINITE
References
Reference (Deposit): Hunt, S.F., 1936, Mining Geology Outlined, Reno, Nevada
Reference (Deposit): Mines Register 1937
Reference (Deposit): Slack, J.F., 1972, Structure, Petrology, and ore deposits of the Indian Springs (Delano Mts) region, Elko County, Nevada. MS. Thesis, Miami University.
Reference (Deposit): Olsen, D.R, 1960, Geology and mineralogy of the Delno mining district and vicinity, Elko County, Nevada.
Reference (Deposit): Ph. D., U. of Utah
Reference (Deposit): Whitehill, H.R., 1875 Biennial Report of the State Mineralogist of Nevada for the years 1873 & 1874. Carson City, Nevada.
Reference (Deposit): Whitehill, H.R., 1877 Biennial Report of the State Mineralogist of Nevada for the years 1875 and 1876, Carson City, Nevada
Reference (Deposit): NBMG Bull 106
Reference (Deposit): MASMILS 0320070176
Reference (Deposit): Latas, (NBMG MD 51, I15), 1980
Reference (Deposit): Jackpot Land Status Map, 1978
Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.
Nevada Gold
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