| Deposit ID | 10045660 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233448 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dolly Varden Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Ov Queen |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.57531, 40.34798 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 5000(meters) |
| Relative position | SE OF SPRING CANON, 3000 M., 3000 M. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sharp Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 066E | 31 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -114.57531, 40.34798 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET, TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 75W |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| District name | Dolly Varden |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233448 |
HILL, JAMES M, (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648.
SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56.
SMITH, R.M.(1976)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Deposit | OXIDE LEAD ORES OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING OF WHITE LIMESTONEAND ALONE A FISSURE |
| Deposit | THE DOLLY VARDEN MINE IS AN OLD LEND-SILVER MINE THAT DATES TO THE 1870'S. OXIDIZED LEAD ORES OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING OF WHITE LIMESTONE, AND ALONG A N-S FISSURE DIPPING 75 DEG W. THE LIMESTONES STRIKE ENE AND DIP S ATA LOW ANGLE. ORES ARE CERUSITE, ANGLESITE ASSOCIATED WITH A LITTLE COPPER CARBONATE, AND CONSIDERABLE LIMONITE. THE PROPERTY WAS OPENED BY THE MURPHY SHAFT, ANDTHE DOLLY GROUP WAS DRILLED TO 240'. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-79 | Tingley, J.V. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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