Silver Dyke Mine

The Silver Dyke Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Silver Dyke Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 38.31667, -118.20000

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Silver Dyke Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Dyke Mine
Secondary: Tungsten Dike
Secondary: Examiner


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star/Gold Range


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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Nev. - Silver Dyke Tungsten Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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: IRREGULAR SHOOTS AND PODS


Structure

Type: L
Description: Numerous Ne Trending Faults Truncate Vein System In Many Places. Cross Faulting Related To Ore Control


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal, Hypogene Kaolinization, Albitization, Silicification


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite


Comments

Comment (Location): 1.5 MILES SO. OF CAMP DOUGLAS

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 2,000 TONS BLOCKED, 4,000 RECOVERABLE TAILINGS, 4,000 TONS RECOVERABLE WASTE DUMP MATERIAL

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 5,000 TONS BLOCKED OUT, 130,000 RESERVE ESTIMATE

Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE FLOURESCES PALE YELLOW UNDER .UV

Comment (Production): EXCESS OF 1,000,000.00 DOLLARS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES EXTRACTED FROM MINE

Comment (Development): MILL.CAP: 003.650 ; ECON.COM: MILL LOCATED AT SODAVILLE

Comment (Deposit): REPEATED FRACTURE - FISSURING FOLLOWED BY QTZ. FILLING - PROBABLE LEPTOTHERMAL DEPOSIT; TEMPERATURE RANGE OF CRYSTALLIZATION - MESOTHERMAL

Comment (Workings): EAST WORKINGS: BEANE MINE, WAGNER MINE, CROSSCUT TUNNEL; WEST WORKINGS: ATKINS WORKINGS, SILVER TUNNEL, 600 FT. WEST WORKINGS, GOODALE MINE, NOBLE MINE EXPLOITING TWO MAIN SHOOTS

Comment (Geology): ORE SHOOTS 60 - 120 FT IN LENGTH, 2 - 15 FT. WIDE. MUTIPLE PHASE VEIN FORMATION. OBSCURE SURFICIAL EVIDENCE OF MINERALIZATION. DEPOSITION OF SCHEELITE NOT ALWAYS CONCURRENT W/VEIN FORMATION. VEIN EXHIBITS COCKSCOMBING

Comment (Deposit): VEIN 25 FT.-200 FT. WIDE, 6 MILES LONG.


References

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): KERR, 1936, THE TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION AT SILVER DYKE, NEVADA: NEV. UNIV. BULL., VOL. 30, NO. 5.

Reference (Deposit): RONNIE, C. C., 1954 , REPORT ON THE SILVER DYKE MINE, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE, UNPUB. REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): 1936 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN VOL. 30 , NO.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KLEPPER, 1943 , UNPUBL. USGS REPORT


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