Donouan Property

The Donouan Property is a gold and silver mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 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

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Site Name

Primary: Donouan Property
Secondary: St Louis
Secondary: Echo
Secondary: Lucerne
Secondary: Succor
Secondary: Tarta
Secondary: Hartford

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode

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

Owner Name: Silver Hill Mining Co. (Early 1900'S)

Owner Name: Silver Hill Mining Co. (Eary 1900'S?)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite

Comments

Comment (Development): DONOVAN FAMILY WORKED THE CLAIMS FOR 40 YEARS. THEY ALSO OPERATED A MILL BELOW DEVIL'S GATE. MINING OPERATIONS WERE CONVERTED OVER TO OPEN-PIT IN 1942.

Comment (Deposit): SILVER CITY LODE

Comment (Deposit): A GROUP OF CLAIMS CONSISTING IN PART OF THE ST LOUIS, ECHO, LUCERNE, SUCCOR, TARTA, AND HARTFORD CLAIMS LIES ALONG THE SILVER CITY BRANCH OF THE COMSTOCK LODE. THE SILVER HILL MINING CO SANK A 1300. FT SHAFT WITH A CONNECTION TO THE JUSTICE SHAFT, AND THE DONOVAA FAMILY MINED THESE CLAIMS FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THEY ALSO OPERATED A MILL BELOW DEVILS GATE, AND ITS ANALGAMATION TAILINGS WERE THE FIRST TO BE IMPOUNDED BELOW A MILL AND CYANOIDED IN LEACHING VATS. THE MILL WAS ENLARGED AND MODERNIZED, AND MINING OPERATIONS WERE CONVERTED TO OPEN PIT OPERATIONS ON THE LUCERNE CUT IN 1942. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Workings): SHAFT,OPEN PIT

References

Reference (Production): STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950

Reference (Deposit): STODDORD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA. NBMG BULL 49

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.