Doty

The Doty is a lead and silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Doty
Secondary: Dotty Consolidated Nevada Metals

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Kinsley

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Discovery Year: 1909
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: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, LENSES, PODS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Silication

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE OF CAMBRIAN AGE IS INTRUDED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE FAULTS WHICH DIP STEEPLY TO THE NORTH, EAST, AND WEST BUT ALL ROCK TYPES. PB-CU-AG-AU ORES OCCUR AS SMALL LEVER AND PODS ALONG THE THREE FAULT SETS.

Comment (Workings): THE DOTY TUNNEL WAS EXTEND TO ABOUT 600 FT. IN 1948. THE AREA WAS CORE-DRILLED IN 19638 BUT NO ORE WAS FOUND.

Comment (Deposit): THE AREA WAS MINED FOR PB-CU-AG-AU FROM 1909-1914, 1917, 1930, AND FINALLY FROM 1940-1945. IN 1948 THE DOTY TUNNEL WAS EXTENDED TO ABOUT 600 FT. IN 1963 THE AREA WAS CORE DRILLED BUT NO ORE WAS FOUND. MINERAL SURVEY 1721 CONSISTS OF DOTTY, IDA LULL AND CARRIE MARIA CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION INCLUDED SOME GOLD

Comment (Development): FEE, PATENTED CLAIM. THE AREA WAS CORE-DRILLED IN 19638 BUT NO ORE WAS FOUND. THE AREA WAS MINED FOR PB-CU-AG-AU FROM 1909-1914, 1917, 1930 AND 1940-1945. IN 1948, THE DOTY TUNNEL WAS EXTENDED TO ABOUT 600 FT.

Comment (Deposit): FAULT/VEIN

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M.(1976) MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHITE PINE CO., NV., NEV BUR. OF MINES BULL 85

Reference (Deposit): USBM OF M.(ELKO) MILS NO 7, REP. NO. 3203300082, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 21800

Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M.(1976) P.56

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.