The Darkey Mine is a manganese mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Darkey Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Darkey Mine
Secondary: Darky Mine Black Rock
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Decoy
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Replacement Mn
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE DARKEY MINE SHIPPED MANGANESE ORE DURING 1917 AND 1918. THE MANGANESE ORE BODIES OCCUR AS VEIN-REPLACEMENTS ALONG A N-STRIKING FAULT. THE ORE SHOOT MINED WAS 25 FT LONG, 8 FT WIDE, BY 60 FT DEEP. THE ORE SHIPPED WAS ABOUT 45% MANGANESE, AND LESS THAN 5% CILICA. A SECOND ORE SHOOT WAS 20 FT LONG, 7 FT WIDE, AND 60 FT DEEP. THE BLACK ROCK (PROBABLY SOME MINE, NEW NAME) SHIPPED A SMALL TONNAGE OF MANGANESE ORE IN 1952. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 8 MILES E OF DECOY ON NEV. NTN. RR
Comment (Production): ORE SHIPPED 1917-1918 RAN 45% MN,LT5% SILICA. A SMALL TONNAGE WAS SHIPPED IN 1952
Comment (Development): MINE SHIPPED MANGANESE ORE 1917-1918 - 45% MN, 5% SILICA SMALL TONNAGE SHIPPED IN 1952
Comment (Deposit): VEIN-REPLACEMENTS ALONG FAULT. 25 X 8 X 60 FT DEEP; 0 X 7 X 60 FT. DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1975-56
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, ET ALL, (1957), GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, NBM BUL. 54.
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M. (1976) P. 48-9
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.
