Melody Property

The Melody Property is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Melody Property
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2626

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Rebel Creek District (New Goldfield

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Discovery Year: 1929
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Reg.Struct: Folding

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AU VALUES (1929) RANGED FROM $0.20 TO $11.25SAMPLE 2626 OF FE OX- AND MNO-STAINED WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH GOSSANY CLOTS CONTAINS 3 % FE, 0.2 % MG, 0.2 % CA, 0.-1 % TI, 500 PPM MN, 300 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 0.1 PPM AU (BY AA- ANALYSIS), 50 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 7PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 50 PPM C-U, 20 PPM MO, 30 PPM NI, 500 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 100 PPM V, 200 -PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Materials

Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN COTTONWOOD (WILLOW?) CANYON, 3 MILES E. OF REBEL CREEK P.O. ABOUT ONE MILE ABOVE MOUTH OF CANYON.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: AVERAGE VEIN WIDTH IS NOT OVER 18 INCHES; QUARTZ LENSES ARE DISCONTINUOUS AND ERRATICALLY MINERALIZED.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN HAS BEEN EXPLORED BY A NUMBER OF SHORT DRIFTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Deposit): SHEARED LENTICULAR QUARTZ VEIN IN PHYLLITIC PAPER SHALE. VEIN ABOUT 5 FT THICK, APPROXIMATE STRIKE N40 W, DIP FROM- FLAT TO 20 NE. VEIN HAS SPOTS OF MNO GOSSAN, FE OX STAIN, AND- SOME CALCITE.

Comment (Workings): SHORT DRIFTS; DECLINE AND DRIFT

References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 19 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Production): SCHRADER, E. J., 1929.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, E. J., 1929, UNPUBLISHED LETTER TO N. H. GETCHELL CONCERNING MELODY PROPERTY: ON FILE AT N.B.M.G.

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.