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Silver Dyke

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295364
MRDS ID M030118
MAS/MILS ID 0320210055
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Dyke
Alternate or previous names Beane Mine, Noble Mine, Goodale Mine, Atkins Mine, Wagner Mine, Silver Tunnel

Comments on the site names

  • SILVER DYKE MINE IS A COMPOSITE OF THE FOLLOWING MINES-NOBLE MINE,GOODALE MINE,ATKINS MINE,BEANE MINE,WAGNER MINE,AND SILVER TUNNEL.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.19655, 38.31663 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005 N 034 E 34 S2NWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.19655, 38.31663
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 75N
    Thickness 153M
    Length 153M
    Width 2M
    Area 6HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N70W:75N
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6
    Date of Last Modification 820222

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Minado And Sodamill Corp.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 266
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR.MINES RPT.2,1962,P.32.

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR.OF MINES BULL.58,1961,P.57,74,85,TB.6.7.

  • Deposit

    GSA MEMOIR 15,1946,P.176-178.

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR.OF MINES BULL.28,1936,P.1-67.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-88 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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