Daly East

The Daly East is a silver, arsenic, and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,319 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

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Site Name

Primary: Daly East
Secondary: Daily East
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1416.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1416 CONTAINS 20 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 200 PPM BA, 100 PPM CU, 150 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 500 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN FILLS FAULT WITH MASSIVE EUHEDRAL CRYSTALS FILLING OPEN SPACES. ABUNDANT CRYSTALLINE JAROSITE. GOLD PROBABLY IN OXIDIZED PYRITE IN QUARTZ. BOTRYOIDAL HEMATITE OCCURS ALONG WITH GOSSAN. QUARTZ VEIN IS SHATTERED AND STAINED BY LIMONITE. SILICEOUS BEDS ARE SHATTERED, ALMOST BRECCIATED, WITH ABUNDANT MN OXIDE STAIN. GREY ZONES IN QUARTZITE SUGGEST THAT FINELY DISSEMINATED SULFIDES ARE PRESENT. FINE-GRAINED PYRITE IS ALSO DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZITE ADJACENT TO VEIN.

Comment (Workings): DAILY EAST SHAFT (DANGEROUS); SURFACE CUTS IN VICINITY, REMAINS OF HOIST.

Comment (Geology): GOLD QUARTZ VEIN 1 TO 4.5 FEET WIDE

Comment (Production): 12 CARLOADS REPORTED SHIPPED IN 1934-1935

References

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUGUST 22, 1983

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

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.