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Danite Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037728
MRDS ID M035908
Record type Site
Current site name Danite Mine
Alternate or previous names Veta Grande, South, Silver Queen, Nevada Queen, Schultz Antimony, NBMG Sample Site # 4436 &#4437

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.61405, 38.82463 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 11 MI. SE OF GARDERNVILLE OFF 395

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Double Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 021E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.61405, 38.82463
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 41 REPORTS STIBNITE PRESENT IN THE QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL; SOME OF THE FINE-GRAINED SULFIDES NOTED MAY BE STIBNITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gardnerville

Comments on the production information

  • UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT OF SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1964

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE CAVED ADIT, PITS, PROSPECTS. THE WORKINGS EXPLORED A LARGE, SILICIFIED DIKE THAT EXTENDS SOUTHEST FROM THE VETA GRANDE MINE AND IS UP TO 50 FT. WIDE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 4 TONS OF ANTIMONY METAL (QUADE, 1989).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75; LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, NBMG BULLETIN 61.

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE # 4436 & #4437 SITE VISIT, JULY 13,1989.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1989 Quade, Jack U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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