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Silver Dyke Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008798
MRDS ID D001200
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Dyke Mine
Alternate or previous names Tungsten Dike, Examiner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20095, 38.3166 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position UP SILVER DYKE CANYON IN EXCELSIOR MTNS., 8 MI SW OF MINA.

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 005N 034E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MILES SO. OF CAMP DOUGLAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE FLOURESCES PALE YELLOW UNDER .UV

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal, Hypogene Kaolinization, Albitization, Silicification

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20095, 38.3166
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Ne Trending Faults Truncate Vein System In Many Places. Cross Faulting Related To Ore Control

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR SHOOTS AND PODS
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 75 NE
    Length 7241.85M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Disseminated Scheelite Occurs Within Tabular Stringers In Concentric Replacement Qtz. Veins Which Occur As Repeated Fracture Fillings Within Old Fault Breccia Consisting Of Angular Blocks Of Diorite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE SHOOTS 60 - 120 FT IN LENGTH, 2 - 15 FT. WIDE. MUTIPLE PHASE VEIN FORMATION. OBSCURE SURFICIAL EVIDENCE OF MINERALIZATION. DEPOSITION OF SCHEELITE NOT ALWAYS CONCURRENT W/VEIN FORMATION. VEIN EXHIBITS COCKSCOMBING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer C. E. Noble

Mining district

District name Silver Star/Gold Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nev. - Silver Dyke Tungsten Co.

Comments on the production information

  • EXCESS OF 1,000,000.00 DOLLARS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES EXTRACTED FROM MINE

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Total resources 4000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.5 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1943
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1954
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.55 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1954

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 2,000 TONS BLOCKED, 4,000 RECOVERABLE TAILINGS, 4,000 TONS RECOVERABLE WASTE DUMP MATERIAL
  • 5,000 TONS BLOCKED OUT, 130,000 RESERVE ESTIMATE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1584.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • EAST WORKINGS: BEANE MINE, WAGNER MINE, CROSSCUT TUNNEL; WEST WORKINGS: ATKINS WORKINGS, SILVER TUNNEL, 600 FT. WEST WORKINGS, GOODALE MINE, NOBLE MINE EXPLOITING TWO MAIN SHOOTS

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 003.650 ; ECON.COM: MILL LOCATED AT SODAVILLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    KERR, 1936, THE TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION AT SILVER DYKE, NEVADA: NEV. UNIV. BULL., VOL. 30, NO. 5.

  • Deposit

    RONNIE, C. C., 1954 , REPORT ON THE SILVER DYKE MINE, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE, UNPUB. REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1936 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN VOL. 30 , NO.

  • Reserve-Resource

    KLEPPER, 1943 , UNPUBL. USGS REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 25 FT.-200 FT. WIDE, 6 MILES LONG.
Deposit REPEATED FRACTURE - FISSURING FOLLOWED BY QTZ. FILLING - PROBABLE LEPTOTHERMAL DEPOSIT; TEMPERATURE RANGE OF CRYSTALLIZATION - MESOTHERMAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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