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Dimick Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098595
MRDS ID M231821
Record type Site
Current site name Dimick Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.40812, 38.36855 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 0.37 MILES W-SW OF TYBO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tybo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 050E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hales Limestone
    Rock description Hales Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.40812, 38.36855
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 78 N
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along The Dimick Fault. Shearing And Brecciation Along Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tybo District; Tybo Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. S. And V. J. Barndt

Comments on the production information

  • THE PRODUCTION OF THE MINE IS UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE WHIM SHAFT AND DIMICK SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1933, GEOLOGY OF THE TYBO DISTRICT: NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 20, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    QUINLIVAN, W.D. AND ROYERS, C.L., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TYBO QUAD: USGS MAP I-821

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 193

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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