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Delano Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046015
MRDS ID M233921
Record type Site
Current site name Delano Mine
Alternate or previous names Net, Delno Mine, Panther
Related records 10310522

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.27421, 41.67158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1963
Relative position WNW OF CLEVELAND MINE 1/2 MILE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dry Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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
044N 068E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN DRY CREEK CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vanadinite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.27421, 41.67158
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 20-65W
    Length 91.44M
    Width 3.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults-Favorable Limestone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Discoverer An Indian Showed It To Thomas & Brown In 1872
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Delano (Delno)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Delno Mining Co.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • ORE AVERAGED 20-25% PB, 30-35 OZ/TON AG. SHIPPING ORE AVERAGED 50% PB; 60 OZ/AG. PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE ABOUT $300,000 FOR DELNO'S 15-YEAR WORK, INCLUDING SOME COPPER & GOLD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1889.76M
    Overall depth 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT. DEPOSIT WAS WORKED LATERALLY FOR 125 FEET AND 1700 FEET DOWN DIP.

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS. ACTIVITY WANED WITH DECLINE IN SILVER PRICE, ABOUT 1905, CRAIG CHAMBERS MINED & SHIPPED ORE TILL THE PB-AG PRICE DECLINE, WHEN HE QUIT. THE MINE LAY INACTIVE UNTIL ABOUT 1917 WHEN ROY WOODS, C.B. WHINERY & ASSOCS. BEGAN WORK, SHIPPING ORE 1917 TO 1920 DELANO MINE WAS A STEADY SHIPPER FOR 10 YEARS THROUGH 1926 WITH 30-50 CARLOADS ORE PER YEAR. PANTHER MINES CO. INCORPORATED BUT HAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. THE NET OR DELNO CO. SUCCESSFULLY WORKED THE PROPERTY FOR 15 YEARS DELANO MINE CONTINUED TO PRODUCE THROUGH WW II UNTIL THE 1960'S WITH STEADY PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNT, S.F., 1936, MINING GEOLOGY OUTLINED, RENO, NEVADA

  • Deposit

    MINES REGISTER 1937

  • Deposit

    SLACK, J.F., 1972, STRUCTURE, PETROLOGY, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS (DELANO MTS) REGION, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. MS. THESIS MIAMI UNIVERSITY.

  • Deposit

    OLSEN, D.R, 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE DELNO MINING DISTRICT AND VICINITY, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    PHD U. OF UTAH

  • Deposit

    WHITEHILL, H.R., 1875 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF NEVADA FOR THE YEARS 1873 & 1874. CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    WHITEHILL, H.R., 1877 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF NEVADA FOR THE YEARS 1875 AND 1876. CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

  • Production

    GRANGER, ET AL (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TO LEASE AND OPTION THE DELNO MINE AND MILLING CO. BUT HAS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. NEXT THE NET OR DELNO CO. WORKED THE PROPERTY SUCCESSFULLY FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. THE REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE AVERAGED 20-25% PB & 30-35 OZ. AG PER TON. SHIPPING ORE RAN 50% PB, 60 OZ. AG.; MILL ORE AVERAGED 15% PB AND 20 OZ AG PER TON. THE MAIN ORE SHOOT (1937) WAS 300 FT LONG ON A 30 INCLINE, AND 13 FT WIDE AND UNIFORM. THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY A 1,200 FT INCLINE SHAFT (AT THIS DATE). ONE HALF THE TONNAGE WAS MILLED AT THE COMPANY MILL AT NEAREST WATER SOURCE (ROCK SPRINGS CREEK). HAULAGE CHARGES WERE HIGH-ORE HAULED OUT AND WATER HAULED IN. PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE ABOUT $300,000 FOR THE 15 YEARS PERIOD. GRANGER, 1957 REPORTED THE MINE TO HAVE 5,900 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS (SANS STOPES)-LATERALLY TO 125 FT AND 1,700 FT DOWN DIP OF ORE ZONE. ORE IS OFF-SET WITH SEVERAL FAULTS. DETERRENTS TO PROFITABLE OPERATION WERE POOR VENTILATION, ORE HANDLING, AND POOR CONDITION OF INCLINE
Deposit SHAFTS. THE DELNO OR DELANO MINE CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGH THE WW II YEARS UP UNTIL 1960'S WITH A STEADY PRODUCTION. AT LAST REPORT THE WORKING INCLUDED 6,200 FT, AND A DOWN DIP DISTANCE OF 1750 FT. THE ORE RAKES 65 NW, STRIKES N, AND DIP 25-43 W. THE MOST PRODUCTIVE BED HAS BEEN THE "UPPERBED". HIGH ANGLE FAULTS BOTH ON A NORTH AND SOUTH TERMINATE THE ORE BODY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF FAVORABLE LIMESTONE BEDS, CONTROLLED BY FAULTS.
Deposit THE FIRST ACTIVITY IN THE AREA WAS AN ORE DISCOVERY BY AN INDIAN WHO SHOWED IT TO THOMAS J. & BROWN IN SPRING OF 1872. THE DISTRICT WAS ORGANIZED AS THE GOOSE CREEK DISTRICT AT THIS TIME. SUPPOSEDLY SOME 90 LOCATION WERE MADE, WITH THE MAIN PROPERTIES BEING COTTON THOMAS, ANNA CARROLL, AND PROVIDENCE. (WHITEHILL, 1875, 1877). THE SERVIA AND SLAVONIA MINING CO. WAS INCORPORATED TO WORK THE MINES. ACTIVITY THEN WANED WITH DECLINE IN SILVER-PRICE. ABOUT 1905, CRAIG CHAMBERS MINED AND SHIPPED ORE FROM THE GOLD NOTE OTHER MINES UNTIL THE LEAD-SILVER DECLINED AND HE ABANDONED THE EFFORT. IT WAS INACTIVE UNTIL ABOUT 1917 WHEN ROY WOODS, AND CB. WHINERY & ASSOCIATES BEGAN WORK ON THE DELANO CLAIM. THEY SHIPPED ORE TO SALT LAKE CITY 1917-20. THE DELNO MINE WAS A STEADY SHIPPER FOR 10 YEARS THROUGH 1926 WITH 30-50 CAR LOADS A YEAR. IN 1925 A 20-TON CONCENTRATOR WAS ERECTED ON ROCK SPRING CREEK 7 MILES WEST OF THE MINE. (HUNT), LATER THIS WAS ENLARGED. PANTHER MINES CO. INCORPORATED WITH STOCK

Reporter information

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

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