Dean Mine

The Dean Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,280 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: Dean Mine
Secondary: Morrning Star
Secondary: Dean Mines Company
Secondary: Cumberland
Secondary: Morning Star
Secondary: Pittsburg
Secondary: Sconset
Secondary: Mayo

Commodity

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

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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

Type: Fee Ownership
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: St. George Metals Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Virginia
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1991 - 1995

Owner Name: Idaho Consolidated Metals
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1995 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Combined Methods - Other Combined Methods
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Pulp-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1990
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Production): MINE CLOSED IN SEPT OF 1993. IT IS ON STAND-BY/TEMP SHUTDOWN STATUS. LISTED AS 1995 PRODUCER BY GOLD COMMOD SPEC. (1996) POSSIBLE RESIDUAL HEAP LEACH MC PROCESSING.

References

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P241.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P317.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 55.

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC# 7043, PP. 59-63.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAR OF MINES BUL# 88, 1977, P85.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BUL# 1356, 1973, PP. 41, 42.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP# 610, 1968, P184.

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.