The Dewdrop #2 Prospect is a tungsten and copper mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Dewdrop #2 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dewdrop #2 Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Juniper Range 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Development): DEWDROP #2 LOCATION NOTICE DATED 1976
Comment (Deposit): CUT EXPOSES BANDED MARBLEIZED LIMESTONE AND GARNET TACTITE. 3 TACTITE BANDS EXPOSED IN CUT ARE SEPARATED BY BLUE CHLORITIC MATERIAL. TACTITE IS LACED WITH BLUISH WHITE QUARTZ VEINS 2-3 INCHES THICK. TACTITE BANDS ARE MAINLY RED - BROWN GARNET, EPIDOTE WITH CLOTS OF QUARTZ AND SOME CALCITE. SOME EPIDOTE CRYSTALS ARE UP TO 2 INCHES LONG, FLAT-GROWING ON FRACTURE SURFACES. CHLORITIC HORNFELS IS COPPER-STANINED. GRANITE OUTCROPS ON WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH OF CUT; METASEDIMENTS PROBABLY REPRESENT A SHALLOW ROOF PENDANT IN GRANITE.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT 40 FT BY 10 FT; SEVERAL SMALL PITS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 89, 1977, PL. 1.
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.
