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Daisy Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tellurium
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046697
MRDS ID M241896
Record type Site
Current site name Daisy Mine
Alternate or previous names Daisy Nos 1-3 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19091, 37.74856 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 AIRMILES N 30 E FROM SUMMIT OF VINDICATOR MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 043E 19,20 CENTER OF (19) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG THE CREST OF MCMAHON RIDGE, NORTH OF DIAMOND FIELD. 3 PATENTED CLAIMS; 60 ACRES . UTM IS TO A SHAFT ON THE PROPERTY.. UTM IS TO SHAFT IN THE S PART OF PROPERTY. CLAIMS EXTEND FOR 0.5 MILE NORTH FROM HERE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Clay Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Silicification; Pyritization

Analytical data

Result FAULT VEIN ORE AVERAGED 5 OZ/TON AU AND 3 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Milltown Andesite
    Rock description Milltown Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.19091, 37.74856
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike FAULT VEIN: N30E. OTHER VEINS: ABOUT N80E
    Dip FAULT VEIN: 55 NW. MIDDLE VEIN: 65S
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zones Of Fissuring

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Stahl, John
    First year 1931
  • Type Owner
    Owner Goldfield Daisy Mining Syndicate (Pre-; Diamond Field Daisy Gold Mining Co.
    First year 1920
    Last year 1910

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN DAISY SHAFT WAS 400 FT DEEP IN 1908 WITH CROSSCUTS ON THE 300 AND 400-FT LEVELS. MORRISON SHAFT 370 FT DEEP WITH A 225-FT CROSSCUT TO SOUTH AT THE BOTTOM. TOPLITZ SHAFT-250 FT DEEP WITH ORE STOPED AT 200-FT LEVEL. MAIN SHAFT WAS CAVED IN 1931.

Comments on development

  • LESSEES WERE WORKING SEVERAL LEASES IN 1908

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66 P. 248-250.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, A.M., 1931, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON INSPECTION TRIP; NBMG FILE 91, ITEM 1

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 19, P. 65-66

  • Deposit

    BLM PATENT CLAIM RECORDS, FEB, 1982.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV., P. 1184.

  • Production

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P. 248. SMITH, 1931, P 15.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 LEDGES: NORTH, MIDDLE, SOUTH, AND FAULT "VEINS". THEY ARE NOT CONTINUOUS, BUT ARE MARKED BY BUNCHES OF LEDGE MATTER ALONG ZONES OF FISSRRING. SOFT ORE BEARING ZONES FOLLOW FOOTWALL OF LEDGES WHEREMOST INTENSELY SILICIFIED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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