Blue Dragon Nos. 1-3 Prospect

The Blue Dragon Nos. 1-3 Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,751 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Blue Dragon Nos. 1-3 Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Virgin Valley District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Palmer, Vincent

Owner Name: Palmer, Vincent
Years: 1968 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1968
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: Hot-spring Au-Ag

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay-Montmorillonite; Silicification

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Ash
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 10 GRAM/TONNE AND 0.006 % HG.
Analytical Data: TRACE AU

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 600 SQ. FT. AREA OUTCROPPING

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, BULLDOZER CUTS, PITS, TRENCHES, CAVED ADIT.

Comment (Geology): A SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE CROPS OUT OVER A 600 FT. SQUARE AREA. THE ZONE HAS ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF CREAM-TO-PINK COLORED ASH IN A MATRIX OF CLEAR TO LIGHT-PINK SILICA. MERCURY MINERALS ARE SCARCE.

Comment (Deposit): THE CLAIMS WERE LOCATED BY VINCENT PALMER IN 1968 FOR MERCURY. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 45 FT. DEEP SHAFT, 3 BULLDOZER CUTS, ONE PIT, FOUR TRENCHES, AND A CAVED ADIT OR TRENCH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): 2 MILES N OF DEVANEY CAMPGROUND BY ELDER SPRING

References

Reference (Deposit): CATHRALL, J.B., ET AL, 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA; USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-1002.

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG, BULL. 59, PL. 1.

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.