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Daisy Gold Mine

Plant in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125036
MRDS ID RE00027
MAS/MILS ID 0320230770
Record type Site
Current site name Daisy Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Mother Lode, West Zone, Mother Lode Claims, Daisy Project, Daisy Gold Project, Secret Pass, Mother Lode Mine, Telluride Mine, Sunday Night, Joshua Zone, South Zone, West Deep, Sna
Related records 10055087

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.68089, 36.90937 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 S 047 E 24 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1978
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1996
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Milling method Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Beatty Mt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Inter-Rock Gold Inc.
    Interest 65
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rayrock Yellowknife Resources Inc.
    Interest 35
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Gexa Gold Corp.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1988
    Last year 1988
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner N. A. Degerstrom
    ID 2602110
    Home office Washington
    Year 1989
    First year 1989

Production statistics

  • Year 1996
    Description Ore Processed @ 0.022 Oz/St (12/96 Only) 163000 St Ore
  • Year 1996
    Description Gold P[Roduced (December 96 Only) 425 Tr Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 13218.97g

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 10342000mt ore
    Total resources 10342000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.62 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 5897000mt ore
    Total resources 5897000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.9 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 8528000mt ore
    Total resources 8528000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.58 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 635000mt ore
    Total resources 635000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.93 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 2540000mt ore
    Total resources 2540000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.37 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 35017000mt ore
    Total resources 35017000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.96 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 10787000mt ore
    Total resources 10787000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.62 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS PROPERTY FILE IS A COMBINATION OF DAISY - SECRET PASS (0320230561 FORMERLY) AND MOTHER LODE MINE (THIS SEQ#) THIS AREA WAS MINED FROM 1990 TO 1991 UNDER THE NAME OF MOTHER LODE PROPERTY, AFTER THE MOTHER LODE DEPOSIT. THAT OPERATION CEASED IN 1991. GEXA GOLD CORPORATION, N.A. DEGERSTROM AND SISKON GOLD CORPORATION OWNED & OPERATED IT. THEIR ARE OTHER DEPOSITS IN THE AREA; SECRET PASS, WEST ZONE AND SUNDAY NIGHT, ALL OF THEM ARE ON THE DAISY PROPERTY. OXIDE ORE MATERIAL FROM THE MOTHER LODE PIT IS DEPLETED. BLM PATENTED CLAIM INFORMATION SHOWS THAT THE DAISY WAS WITHIN A BLOCK OF SURVEYED CLAIMS ADJACENT TO AND WEST OF THE PATENTED FAIRVIEW CLAIM, ALSO THE FAIRVIEW MINE. PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE RESERVES, 12/31/96: OXD ORE 11.5 M-ST @ 0.018 OZ/T: SULF ORE 0.4 M-ST @ 0.26 OZ/T: MINE START UP EXPECTED LATE 1996: 1.8M MT ORE/YR WITH 30,000 OZ AU/YR EST. EST ORE PRODUCTION AT START-UP 145,000 ST/MTH, (1997).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT

Comments on other economic factors

  • BIO-OXDATION MAY BE USED ON THE SULFIDE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 140, 200-201.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RAYROCK YELLOWKNIFE RESOURCES, INC. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P10.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RAYROCK YELLOWKNIFE RESOURCES, INC. 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P8.

  • Reserve-Resource

    INTER-ROCK GOLD INC., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P7.

  • Deposit

    NV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1990, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1989, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    NV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 74.

  • Deposit

    NV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1992, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1992, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 106, #4., JAN. 25, 1995, P1.

  • Deposit

    ISDN WIRE SERVICE RELEASE. INTER-ROCK GOLD DRILLING RESULTS

  • Deposit

    MAY INDICATE NEW MINERALIZED ZONE AT DAISY PROPERTY IN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. OCT 2, 1996. 2 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #34, AUG. 21, 1996, P3.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD. VOL., 107, #??, AUG 31, 1996, P3.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #??, SEPT. 4, 1996, P27.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #39, SEPT. 25, 1996, P1.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, OCT., 7, 1996, P16.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #52, DEC., 25, 1996, P1.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING JOURNAL, 9/20/96, P222.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, JANUARY 3, 1997, VOL 328, #8410, P5.

  • Deposit

    NEWS RELEASE, INTER-ROCK GOLD INC., 11/25/96.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, P B13.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 5-19-97, P.1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY FILE IS A COMBINATION OF DAISY - SECRET PASS (0320230561 FORMERLY) AND MOTHER LODE MINE (THIS SEQ#) THIS AREA WAS MINED FROM 1990 TO 1991 UNDER THE NAME OF MOTHER LODE PROPERTY, AFTER THE MOTHER LODE DEPOSIT. THAT OPERATION CEASED IN 1991. GEXA GOLD CORPORATION, N.A. DEGERSTROM AND SISKON GOLD CORPORATION OWNED & OPERATED IT. THEIR ARE OTHER DEPOSITS IN THE AREA; SECRET PASS, WEST ZONE AND SUNDAY NIGHT, ALL OF THEM ARE ON THE DAISY PROPERTY. OXIDE ORE MATERIAL FROM THE MOTHER LODE PIT IS DEPLETED. BLM PATENTED CLAIM INFORMATION SHOWS THAT THE DAISY WAS WITHIN A BLOCK OF SURVEYED CLAIMS ADJACENT TO AND WEST OF THE PATENTED FAIRVIEW CLAIM, ALSO THE FAIRVIEW MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-SEP-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/16/1992
MSHA mine ID2602110
Mine name (MSHA)Mother Lode Mine
Current operatorU S Nevada Gold Search
Current controller (parent)Degerstrom N A Inc - Gexa Gold Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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