The Gold Dome is a gold, silver, copper, and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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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
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.33, -117.22000
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Gold Dome MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Dome
Secondary: Iron King
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Mccoy District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1930
Discovery Year: 1928
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PODS, IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Diorite (?) Stock Has Been Intensely Alterred
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GOLD ORE BODIES RANGE IN SIZE FROM SMALL PODS TO LARGE IRREGULAR MASSES SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN DIAMETER AND 30 FEET THICK.
Comment (Deposit): HIGH GRADE GOLD ORE WAS DISCOVERED ON THE PROPERTY IN 1928. IT IS THE LARGEST GOLD MINE IN THE DISTRICT, WITH ABOUT 2000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. THE PROPERTY ORIGINALLY COMPRISED 17 CLAIMS. TOTAL PRODUCTION THRU 1930 WAS 500 TONS OF ORE THAT AVERAGED $40 TON AU. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): APPROXIMATELY 0.1 MILE NORTH OF THE MCCOY OPEN PIT.
Comment (Development): LARGEST GOLD MINE IN THE DISTRICT; ORIGINALLY, 17 CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): THE GOLD ORE BODIES RANGE IN SIZE FROM SMALL PODS TO LARGE IRREGULAR MASSES SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN STRIKE & DIP LENGTHS AND UP TO 30 FT. THICK. MOST OREBODIES ARE ALONG NORTH TRENDING, VERTICLE FRACTURE ZONES. THE DEPOSITS CONSIST OF FREE GOLD WITH QUARTZ, OPALITE, IRON OXIDES, JASPER, AND CALCITE IN HIGHLY ALTERRED DIORITE. WHERE DIORITE INTRUDES LIMESTONE TACTITE HAS FORMED CO/GARNET, EPIDOTE,& NONTRONITE PRESENT. SAMPLES ASSAYED FOR TUNGSTER REVEALED NONE (VANDERBURG) MUCH OF THE HIGH GRADE ORE WAS PRESENT IN A GANGUE OF LIGHT GREY TO WHITE, VERY FINELY POROUS, HONEYCOMBED OPAL VERY SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO SILICEOUS SINTER.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG W.O. (1939) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO. NEV, USBM I.C. 7043
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER F.C. (1934) THE MCCOY MINING DISTRICT LANDER CO. NEV, USGS ORE 10
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.
