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Dolly Mine

Prospect in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045658
MRDS ID M233446
Record type Site
Current site name Dolly Mine
Alternate or previous names Justice Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.47226, 40.30992 (WGS84)
Relative position S.SIDE OF SPRING CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dolly Varden Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 067E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Silicification Kaolinitized

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.47226, 40.30992
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Fault Structures

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT ZONE IN LIMESTONE, ZONE N15 DEG E, VERT W/CUOX + FEOX, JASPER CALCITE. CUOX IN SILICATED ZONE ALONG BEDDING, KAOLINIZED, SERICITIZED PORPHYRY EXPOSED IN CUT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dolly Varden

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFTS, ADITS ON SITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SNOW, G.G., (1963) MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE DOLLY VARDEN MOUNTAINS, ELKO CO., NEV., N OF U PHD.

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAMINATION BY J.V. TINGLEY, NBMG, 8/20/80.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN/FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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