Dyer Ranch Prospects

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047229
MRDS ID M242497
Record type Site
Current site name Dyer Ranch Prospects
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1253

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.02426, 37.75577 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 AIRMILE S 40 E FROM DYER RANCH IN FISH LAKE VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Davis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 036E 19 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1253 CONTAINS + 20% FE, 0.7% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.015% TI, 200 PPM MN, 70 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 20 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 50 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 70 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, + 10000 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Dyer Ranch Pluton
    Rock description Dyer Ranch Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Poleta
    Rock description Poleta
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.02426, 37.75577

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 W-N 80 W
    Dip 60 SW
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones; Crushed Zones Along Bedding.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Year of first production 1887

Mining district

District name Dyer District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT, CUTS, ADITS SOUTH OF INCLINE

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIMES OF EXAMINATION IN AUGUST 1982, OR APRIL 1984; BUT RECENT SAMPLING EVIDENT. SAMPLE SITE ON DUMP ("DRR-16"). PROSPECTS WERE WORKED FROM 1884 TO 1887 WITH MINOR PRODUCTION. TOTAL DISTRICT PRODUCTION IS RECORDED AS $12,817 FROM 281 TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 55, P. 84-85.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, NV.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 16 AUGUST 1982.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 28 APRIL, 1984.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-12, 1983.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN FORMED ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN SHALES. ADITS SOUTH OF INCLINE PROSPECT N 70-80 W, 60 SW SHEAR ZONE 3-4 FT WIDE; MNO-HEMATITE GOSSAN ALONG SHEAR; LENSES OF DARK BROWN JASPEROID LACED WITH SILICA VEINLETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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