The Dawley Canyon Mica Area is a beryllium and uranium mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.4025, -115.45806
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Dawley Canyon Mica Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dawley Canyon Mica Area
Secondary: Location U-14
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Valley View
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Mica
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AUTUNITE ALONG FAULT CONTACT OF A BERYL-BEARING PEGMATITE DIKE CUTTING GRANITE
Comment (Deposit): AUTUNITE IS REPORTED ALONG A NORTH-TRENDING VERTICAL FAULT WHICH FORM THE WEST CONTACT OF A 2.5-FT TO 3-FT THICK BERYL - BEARING PEGMATITE DIKE. WHICH CUTS BIOTITE MUSCOVITE GRANITE OF HAMSON PASS STOCK AND NEARLY QUARTZITES AND SCHIST. PEGMATITES OF THE DAWLEY CANYON AREA CONTAIN QUARTZ, ALBITE, OLIGOCLASE, MICROCLINE, PERTSITE, MUSCOVITE, BIOTITE, BERYL, GANET, TOURMALISE, SPECULACITE, APATITE, PHLOGOPITE, COLUMBITE-TANTALITE, AUTUNITE, ANDULUSITE, SILLIMONITE, ADULARIA AND PHENAKITE (GARSITE, TTS) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., & HINRICHS, E.N. (1960) OF BERYL-BEARING PEGMATITE IN THE RUBY AND OTHER AREAS IN NEVADA AND NW ARIZONA, USGS BULL 1082-D.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH RASCSE M, 1976 MINERAL RE OF E1166, NV USGS OPEN FILE RPT. 1976-56.
Reference (Deposit): GARSITE, C.J., (1973) RADIOACTIVE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81
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.
