Dreamland Mine

The Dreamland Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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: Dreamland Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rosebud 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1906
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

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: E Trending Fault Breccia, Fissure Zones

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinized, Pyritized

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF VERTICAL SHAFT WITH DRIFTS. SILVER-GOLD ORE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1906 NEAR ROSEBUD PEAK. HOWEVER THERE WAS NO SHIPMENT OF ORE UNTIL 1908, FROM THE DREAMLAND CLAIM. FROM 1908 TO 1947 THE MINES IN THE DISTRICT YEARLY PRODUCED SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER WITH SOME COPPER AND LEAD. THE DREAMLAND WWAS ONE OF THE MORE CONSISTENT PRODUCERS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

Comment (Development): ONE OF THE DISTRICT'S MORE CONSISTENT PRODUCERS, FROM 1908 TO 1947. NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Comment (Geology): VEIN HAS A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 1 FOOT, BUT IS IRREGULAR AND SPLITS INTO STRINGERS IN SOME PLACES.

Comment (Location): EAST OF THE BROWN PALACE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, 1909, MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL.414.

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 2 SEP 84, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 292, CLIPPINGS

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON M.G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL89.

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.