Dyer Ranch Shaft

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047230
MRDS ID M242498
Record type Site
Current site name Dyer Ranch Shaft
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 1254, 1965

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.0226, 37.75827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 AIRMILE S 70 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 NE OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1254 CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.1% TI, 20 PPM MN, 3000 PPM AG, 10000 PPM AS, 200 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 5 PPM NI, + 20000 PPM PB, 1500 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 500 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 1500 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

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 Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    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) -118.0226, 37.75827

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contorted Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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

  • SHAFT, CUTS

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIMES OF EXAMINATION IN 1982 AND 1984, BUT AREA WASSTAKED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, AUG. 16, 1982.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 4/28/84.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-12, 1983.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN SHALE, RANDOM, VARIABLE ORIENTATION. VEINS FOLLOW CONTORTED BEDDING PLANES IN SHALE, LIMESTONE. VEINS ARE OF WHITE "BULL" QUARTZ STAINED WITH FE OXIDE AND CU OXIDE (MINOR).

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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