Dig More Claims

The Dig More Claims is a copper and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dig More Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Location 785

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Zinc

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.
Home Office: Caliente, Nv

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1979
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fracturing, Shearing

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Epidotization, Chloritization, Silicification

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 785 CONTAINED 20% FE, 5000 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 2000 PPM BA, 500 PPM BI, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM CU, 150 PPM PB, 500 PPM SR, 1000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Chlorite

Comments

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

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983

Comment (Deposit): SHAFT EXPLORES A 6-10 FT WIDE SHEAR OR FRACTURE ZONE IN INTRUSIVE ROCK. THE ZONE IS MORE FRACTURED THAN BRECCIATED. BRIGHT BLUE MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA COAT FRACTURE SURFACES WITHIN ZONE. FE AND MN OXIDES ARE ALSO PRESENT IN THE ZONE BUT ARE NOT AS ABUNDANT AS THE COPPER MINERALS. SAMPLE 785 CONSISTS OF DENSE DARK GREEN SKARN(?) OR MAFIC INTRUSIVE WITH CU OXIDES AND MAGNETITE. SHAFT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTION OF A TERTIARY DIORITE STOCK WHICH INTRUDES "OLDER" TERTIARY VOLCANICS AT THE SOUTH END OF LITTLE (EMPTY) MOUNTAIN.

Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT ABOUT 25-30 FT DEEP, STEEPLY INCLINED TO THE EAST

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.

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.