Dover and Green Talc

The Dover and Green Talc is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 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: Dover and Green Talc  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.61889, -118.50528

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Dover and Green Talc MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Dover and Green Talc
Secondary: Donnelly Andalusite Mine


Commodity

Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Dover Mine, Mineralized Zone Occurs On North Side Of A N 70 E Trending Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Andalusite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Corundum
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ANDALUSITE OCCURS AS FINE DISSEMINATIONS AND SCATTERED BLEBS ASSOCIATED WITH WHITE TO GREEN SERICITIC BODIES AND ROCK CUT BY QTZ. VEINLETS.

Comment (Workings): AREA OF REPLACEMENT AS LARGE AS 200 BY 400 FEET. DOVER MINE CONSISTS OF A GLORY HOLE & SHAFT, SHORT ADIT, SEVERAL TRENCHES. GREEN TALC CONSISTS OF TWO OPEN PITS, TWO SHORT ADITS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS. GREEN TALC IS EAST-NORTHEAST OF DOVER MINE.

Comment (Production): GREEN TALC MINE BELONGS TO MRS. ESTHER REA

Comment (Location): 5 MILES EAST OF THORNE


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS D. C., 1937 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEV. NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 58

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG W. O., 1937 , RECON OF MINING DIST. IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEV., INFO. CIRCULAR

Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 14

Reference (Production): VANDERBURG ( 1937 P. 30 )


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.