The Dispozitch Mine is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.26583, -118.19722
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Dispozitch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dispozitch Mine
Secondary: Disposish
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star 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
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Excelsior Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR, DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne-Striking Faults
Type: L
Description: Strong Folding With Local Overturning, Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Linarite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Wad
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): A 4-FT-THICK SHEAR ZONE BETWEEN GRANITEIC ROCKS AND QUARTZITE(?). ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN QUARTZ STRINGERS IN THE SHEAR ZONE AND DISSEMINATED IN THE SERISITIZED WALL ROCK.
References
Reference (Production): ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.7
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58
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.
