Dig A Little Claims

The Dig A Little Claims is a iron and copper mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,020 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dig A Little Claims
Secondary: Little Mountain Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Location 784

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Little Mountain 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

Owner Name: Moore, L. R. And Maeder, J. A. (Dig A Little Claims)
Home Office: Caliente, Nv
Years: 1979 -

Owner Name: Little Mountain Claims: Golden Condor Mining And Exploration, Located By C. L. Cheney
Home Office: 462 Sego Ave., Salt Lake City, Ut
Years: 1973 -

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: Skarn Fe

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR LENSES

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Silication

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 784 CONTAINS 20% FE, 5000 PPM MN, 50 PPM AG, 2000 PPM CU, 200 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 100 PPM BA, 500 PPM SR, 1000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Greenockite
Gangue: Chlorite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, EXCEPT FOR STAKING WITHIN PAST FEW YEARS.

Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKING IS A 40 FT DEEP SHAFT STEEPLY INCLINED TO THE E. A SHALLOW PROSPECT LIES ABOUT 30 FT NW OF THE SHAFT. PROSPECT SHOWN ON MAP SOUTH OF SHAFT IS AN E-W TRENDING ADIT ABOUT 60 FT IN LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 10 + YEARS OLD.

Comment (Deposit): PO4?, OR SOME OTHER MINERAL. SOURCE OF THE TACTITE IS UNKNOWN, AS NO SEDIMENTS WERE OBSERVED IMMEDIATELY NEAR THE SHAFT. HOWEVER, THE TACTITE WAS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM WITHIN THE SHEAR ZONE AND MAY I

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED VEIN EMPLACED ALONG A SMEAR ZONE OR FRACTURE ZONE IN DIORITIC INTRUSIVE. ZONE HAS SHARP HANGING AND FOOTWALL CONTACTS AND CONTAINS IRREGULAR LENSES OF DARK RED-BROWN MATERIAL WHICH ARE MASSIVE MAGNETITE/HEMATITE PODS CONTAINED IN SILICATED GARNETIFEROUS VEIN MATERIAL. ADJACENT TO THE SHEAR ZONE, THE INTRUSIVE IS EPIDOTIZED AND, IN PLACES, BLEACHED. SAMPLES OF ALTERED INTRUSIVE ON THE DUMP TYPICALLY CONTAIN COARSE, IRREGULAR CLOTS OF MAGNETITE IN ADDITION TO COATINGS AND PODS OF MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA. SAMPLE 784 WAS COLLECTED FROM THE SMALL DUMP NEAR THE SHAFT. THE ROCK CONSISTS OF DENSE, DARK GREEN TO BROWN RED SILICATED TACTITE VEIN, COMPOSED OF CRYSTALLINE GARNET AND DIOPSIDE, CHLORITE AND EPIDOTE WHICH CONTAINS ABUNDANT IRREGULAR CLOTS OF MAGNETITE, IN ADDITION TO CRYSTALS OF OXIDIZED PYRITE, SURFACE COATINGS OF MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA AND AN UNIDENTIFIED PLATY METALLIC MINERAL. YELLOW-GREEN FINELY CRYSTALLINE SURFACE COATINGS ARE POSSIBLY GREENOCKITE (CDS?), FE

References

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG. 19, 1983

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 174-175, PL. 2.

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.