Blue Dick Mine

The Blue Dick Mine is a lead, barium-barite, and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,799 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

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.

Site Name

Primary: Blue Dick Mine
Secondary: President Wilson Claims Nos. 1-6, Junetta, Daisy, Wild Rose Claims.
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1125, 1126 and 1127

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Palmetto(?) District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Columbia Mountain Fault;

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): BARITE STOCKPILED ON A BENCH 500 FT BELOW MAIN ADIT ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): 2.5 MILES SW OF LIDA, 0N STEEP SE SIDE OF PALMETTO MOUNTAIN.; UTM IS FOR NBMG SAMPLE SITE 1125 FROM MAIN ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): OWNERS LIVING ON THE PROPERTY 1912-1922 CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOPING IT. IN 1965, A REPORT SAID THAT THIS MINE WAS A GOOD PRODUCER IN THE PASTAND WAS ENTERING PRODUCTION AGAIN WITH A SMALL MILL BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY. RECENT ACTIVITY EVIDENT IN JUNE, 1982.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS ALONG FAULTS, FRACTURES AND FAULT CONTACTS BETWEEN LITHOLOGIES

Comment (Workings): ORIGINAL 135-FT SHAFT, TUNNEL, EXTENSIVE DRIFTING; CUTS; TRAMLINE PRIOR TO 1965; LARGE STOPES. SEVERAL ADITS-SHAFTS 300 FT ABOVE MAIN ADIT, CONNECTED TO MAIN ADIT BY RAISES AND STOPES

References

Reference (Production): NOTTI, T.T., 1965.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNKNOWN, 1922, NBMG FILE 95, ITEMS

Reference (Deposit): 1922, REPORT ON BLUEDICK MINE SUBMITTED TO TONOPAH MINING CO.: NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 5.

Reference (Deposit): NOTTI, TONY T., 1965, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE LIDA AND PALMETTO MINING DISTRICTS: NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 6.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 78, PL.2.

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, 3 JUNE 1982.

Reference (Deposit): ROOT, W.A., 1909, "THE LIDA MINING DISTRICT OF NEVADA"; MINING WORLD, VOL. 31, P.123-125.

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.